it describes the circumstances of his injury: "When charging (the) enemy (he) was struck by a bullet at a range of ten yards fracturing (the) head of 4th metatarsal" (long bone in the foot)
multi piece construction and with Bulgarian hallmarks on the reverse
likely early Polish manufacture 1920s
of Austria and German Emperor Wilhelm II
lined in a faded rose silk
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Knights Cross Of The Iron Cross, By C.e. Juncker United Republic of it describes the circumstances of(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). This Knights Cross features a regulation silver frame in the shape of a cross patte that is marked L 12 for maker C. E. Juncker, Berlin, and 800, for silver content, equidistant from the centerline on the full rounded eye for suspension, the Cross is of multi piece constructed with a blackened eggshell sheen iron core, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika surrounded by a ribbed border, forming the