Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Alois Rettenmaier; Screw-Back Version Hold THANKSGIVING

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Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Alois Rettenmaier; Screw-Back Version Hold THANKSGIVINGA 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