Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screwback Version, By R. Wächtler & Lange Auction multilayers of fine detailing

multilayers of fine detailing

Cross of Mourning - IVth

Unteroffizier of Gebirgsjaeger Shoulder Board is of field green felt base

thus exposing approximately 20 mm of the interior twisted cotton strings

1925 in Munich

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screwback Version, By R. Wächtler & Lange Auction multilayers of fine detailing(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a complete threaded screwback assembly; maker marked L55 for R. Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida on the reverse; measuring 43. 98 mm (w) x 43. 88 mm (h); weighing 24. 1 grams;