Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross, First Class 1939, by C.E. Juncker

(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1 September 1939 by A.H. (Issued 1939-1945). A Cross Pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened non-magnetic zink core 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 screwback apparatus, marked with “L/12” indicating maker C.E. Juncker of Berlin, measuring 44.10 mm (w) x 42.61 mm (h), weighing 20 grams, in better than very fine condition.