An Iron Cross 1939 First Class Screwback Version By Alois Rettenmaier Newly Listed chip on 6 o'clock arm

chip on 6 o'clock arm

Scattered gilt wear on the buckle

The “Abscnhitt” sector covered the Southern end of Carso to the east of Monfalcone and was renamed as Group Schnek until November 1st 1916 when it became known as the XXIII Army Corps

on olive drab coloured rayon backer

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class Screwback Version By Alois Rettenmaier Newly Listed chip on 6 o'clock armAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse; a cross pattee 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 threaded round nut soldered to the centre of the cross, and a removable backing plate with a threaded stud for uniform attachment; maker marked L59 for Alois