An Iron Cross 1939 First Class Screwback Version By Alois Rettenmaier Archive Footnote: The purpose of the

Footnote: The purpose of the SS Steifendiest patrol units was to ensure that SS behaved themselves

In March of 1881

Officer (silver gilt with blue and white enamels

Footnote: The cross was instituted in 1836 and awarded during the reigns of Isabel II and Alfonso XII

KIA at the Battle of Amiens - George V (818241 Pte Wm T

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class Screwback Version By Alois Rettenmaier Archive Footnote: The purpose of theAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse; a cross pattee 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 threaded round nut soldered to the centre of the cross, and a removable backing plate with a threaded stud for uniform attachment; maker marked L59 for Alois