Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, by C.E. Juncker
(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse bears an internally threaded screwback, above presents a small spike and below is marked “L/12” (for maker C.E. Juncker), measuring 44.43 mm (w) x 44.47 mm (h), weighing 20.7 grams, very fine.

