Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Republic of senior engineer Franz Bitter

senior engineer Franz Bitter

minor material fatigue is visible to the exterior liner and friction renders use of the stud release difficult

both in peacetime and war

consisting of a Cross Pattée with a Gold frame and red enameled arms

with a circlet bearing “ADVANCE”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Republic of senior engineer Franz Bitter(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