Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Auction above an inscription of “VOM

above an inscription of “VOM KOENIGE GESTIFTET 1818” (“INSTITUTED BY THE KING 1818”)

along with French silver hallmark (eagle’s head)

Units under his command on the Eastern Front were responsible for the deaths of over 17

the ends not sewn together

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Auction above an inscription of “VOM(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