unmarked but textbook JFS manufacture
and bearing a central silver-grey machine-embroidered inscription of “AFRIKA”
Accompanied by Commander's star
It was also awarded to members of the Mount Everest expedition
assay marked and date marked on the reverse cartouche
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Awards United Republic of unmarked but textbook JFS manufacture(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of four awards, including: 1. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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, unmarked, measuring 45. 00 mm (w) x 48. 53 mm (h), weighing 19. 8 grams, in near