Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive a Combat Infantryman Badge (in

a Combat Infantryman Badge (in sterling silver with blue enamels

the obverse a Maltese cross with a central silvered black enamel medallion inscribed in silvering with “Verdun

obverse centrepiece illustrating the right-facing bust of Henry IV

with the wearer’s initials written on the back of the belt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive a Combat Infantryman Badge (in(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). 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 lug retaining a period original backplate and with a stabilizing pin emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the