Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By C.e. Juncker United Republic of In patinated/darkened tombac

In patinated/darkened tombac

maker mark "R S & S" (Richard Simm & Sohne

black rayon piping

sewn in place on the peak on the front is an Army eagle in two-tone green and yellow machine embroidery

with the printed signature of Secretary of War Robert P

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By C.e. Juncker United Republic of In patinated/darkened tombac(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.