Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By C.e. Juncker Auction numbered “100155”

numbered “100155”

Among the dead was Private Dyson

with obverse presenting the crowned monogram

stamped and signed in blue ink

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By C.e. Juncker Auction numbered “100155”(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 bears an internally threaded screwback, above presents a small spike and below is marked L 12 (for maker C. E. Juncker), measuring 44.