Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Alois Rettenmaier; Screw-Back Version GTRexclude the snake and caduceus insignia

the snake and caduceus insignia in silvered bronze below

with Austrian style ribbon

remaining with them for the next seven weeks

and Freikorps (Free Corps

wreathed police eagle

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Alois Rettenmaier; Screw-Back Version GTRexclude the snake and caduceus insigniaA textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) screwback version by Alois Rettenmaier; 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 screwback assembly consisting of a threaded nut and a threaded stud with a