Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Auction Archive with a round receiver catch

with a round receiver catch and double claw belt attachment bar

the reverse with raised dates of “1848-1908” with laurel branches through the quadrants

weighing 93

1 cm (w) x 9

of copper bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Auction Archive with a round receiver catch(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a central threaded screw post retaining an original backplate and nut, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of an