Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Schauerte & Höfeld; Screw-Back Version GTRexclude Ironside was taken on strength

Ironside was taken on strength by the 46th Infantry Battalion on his return to France on August 20th

Footnote: On September 8

to First War Veteran Colonel Samuel Hanford McKee

It measures 140 mm x 186 mm

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Schauerte & Höfeld; Screw-Back Version GTRexclude Ironside was taken on strengthA 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