Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Schauerte & Höhfeld Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Returning to his unit in

Returning to his unit in February 1942

A fine early quality textbook example of a Junker J-1 “Pilotenabzeichen”

Constructed of light grey card stock with multi-coloured ink

with reverse inscribed PER ASPERA AS ASTRA LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA 1918 G 18 VOEMBRIS

above a dedication to Schelling’s guest students

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Schauerte & Höhfeld Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Returning to his unit in(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 restitution date of 1939, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, the twelve oclock arm with a stabilizer, the six