Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Republic of six-pointed star hallmarked on the

six-pointed star hallmarked on the pin

senior engineer Franz Bitter

scuffing evident on the bottom

measruing 22 mm in diameter

from August 13

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Republic of six-pointed star hallmarked on the(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