Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Schauerte & Höfeld; Screw-Back Version GTRexclude to First War Veteran Colonel

to First War Veteran Colonel Samuel Hanford McKee

and Iron Cross 1st Class

It measures 140 mm x 186 mm

the dagger measuring 345 mm overall

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Schauerte & Höfeld; Screw-Back Version GTRexclude to First War Veteran ColonelA textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) screwback version by Schauerte & Hfeld, Ldenscheid; 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 screw back assembly consisting of a theaded nut and a threaded