Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Auction Archive 5 mm (w) x 20

5 mm (w) x 20 mm (h))

measuring 45 mm (w) x 75 mm (l)

surrounded by the Latin inscription ""FRANCISCVS IOSEPHVS I AVSTRIAE IMPERATOR"" and engraver marked ""C

with approximately 50% of the original finish remaining

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Auction Archive 5 mm (w) x 20(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 12 for C. E. Juncker, Berlin,