Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive small nip in the navy

small nip in the navy blue velvet where the breast star was housed in the medal bed

(Suomen Leijonan suurristi)

on top of a cloud from which a lightning bolt is emanating and striking the ground

original full-length neck ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive small nip in the navy(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 screwpost retaining an original backplate, with a stabilizer emanating from the twelve