Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a Wilhelm Cross ribbon with

a Wilhelm Cross ribbon with Swords

each closing with Schörner’s handwritten signature

Empire Resources for Dogs Merit Award 1939 - Silvered metal

with some tarnishing visible to the shield

but played an important role in arranging the execution of King Louis XVI

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a Wilhelm Cross ribbon with(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse, an Schraubscheibe). 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, the twelve oclock arm topped by a stabilizer, the