Superb - rarely seen! - 'Eisernes Kreuz 2. Kl.' of the so-called: 'Schinkel'-pattern by the desirable: 'C.E. Juncker'-company

The very attractive - and with certainty early-war-period! - award comes together with its folded (clearly once-mounted- and/or pre-confectioned and early-period!) bright-orange-coloured (and approx. 19 cms. long-sized-) ribbon (ie. 'Bandabschnitt'). The cross - which is void of any makers'-signification as is more often encountered - has never been cleaned nor polished and retains a very nice and attractive age-patina (the piece truly retains some of its so-called: 'hochpolierte Kanten' or: polished sides as can be seen on the pictures). The cross shows a very nicely preserved, black-finished (ie. satin-like) 'core' that is void of any real damage or alike (just some minimal paint-loss is noticable on the upper-right 'leg' of the swastika as can be seen on the pictures). It does, however, show some dirt- ie. dust but has truly retained pronounced detail. The differences between a 'Schinkel'-form cross - which is in fact a smaller variant as mounted in a WWI-period IC-rim - and a regular type IC can easily be spotted when compared next to a regular format IC. The cross is a typical magnetic example that was (I deem) produced by the: 'C.E. Juncker'-company. It should be noted that these early-type 'Schinkel'-ICs by the 'Juncker'-company can easily be graded 'rare'. Simply a great by the 'C.E. Juncker'-company produced so-called: 'Schinkel'-IC 2nd class that will be very hard to be upgraded!