Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Archive 1919 - 1934 Issue

1919 - 1934 Issue

(Herdenkingskruis van het Nederlandse Rode Kruis)

German Air Force (Luftwaffe)

some soiling and material fatigue is evident

A variety of methods were used to attach wire to a helmet

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Archive 1919 - 1934 Issue(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