Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By C.e. Juncker Auction stamped and signed in blue

stamped and signed in blue ink

he was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with five clasps (Tugela Heights

with obverse presenting the crowned monogram

2 congratulatory letters on account of the 100th aerial victory (207x293mm

As the baby boomers joined

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By C.e. Juncker Auction stamped and signed in blue(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.