Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Auction such as the die flaw

such as the die flaw on the right wing of the eagle

was discharged due to the German army’s demilitarisation effort in compliance with the Treaty of Versailles

the left collar tab displays two diagonally oriented silvered aluminum rank pips (all prongs intact on the reverse)

including 67 large and two small passes

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Auction such as the die flaw(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