Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse Screwback fake?

[TheJackal83]

Hi,

this was the first medal I ever bought. I picked it up at a antiquity store in Russia, while there on vacation. Back then I had 0 knowledge in the german ww2 militaria area - I just asked ”is this real?” the seller said ”yes, it’s an original” and I bought it. It was dirt cheap, at 25€ but back then I didn’t even know what the medals were worth, I just figured it was cheap because of how worn it is.

In the next shop I visited, the owner held a magnet to it and said it was a fake (I however know that non-magnetic variants DO exist).

By now, I know a lot more and am 99.9% sure this is a fake. But, I wanted to post it here and rule out that 0.1% that it’s real.

I think it’s a 1 piece construction (from what I know, these DO also exist), not magnetic and the cross itself is marked with what looks like a ”&” lying down and it’s convex. The screwback is also marked, but this is harder to make out, could be ”51”, ”L5” or ”LS” - neither are combinations I’ve ever heard of.

So: Is this some strange variation that I’ve never heard of and real after all? Or is it indeed a fake and if so; any details on who faked it and when?

The reason I have that 0.1% doubt, is that the details on this one are great. Just from looking at the front, at least to me; it could very well be real.

I’ve already purchased a genuine pinback by now, I mainly keep this one out of curiosity and as a reminder of my first uneducated purchase. But who knows; maybe I have 2 originals after all?

(sorry about the rotated pictures, but I couldn’t get them to upload the right way around, I guess because they were taken with the phone ”upright”...)

[Eisernes Kreuz 2]

yes ,you right ,this the type not original