Juncker L/12 800 for review.

[Jelle M.]

Hi guys,

i bought the cross from the latest cgmauction. Some of you may have noticed the cross.
I showed it too some friends on the net but some douchebag decided to copy the pictures, upload them to a server
and post them on the axis board. First comment were thumbs down.
That is so...
Because it's too late already i will put the cross for review here.

Kind regards

[Jelle M.]

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[Tom B]

IMO the RK is 100% original Tom

[Leroy]

It's a good cross.

If you have a chance, would you please count the number of white stitches in the ribbon? It looks like it might be 30, but it would be nice to be sure.

[Jelle M.]

Just gimme a sec Leroy. I never counted them. Will upload a more detailed picture.

[Jelle M.]

Hi Leroy,

you were right. 30 stitches. It's was not easy to find a good place to count the white stitches. When looking in detail, the ribbon shows signs of intensive wear wich makes it hard (and on some places impossible) to count.

[Leroy]

Thanks! I really like these 30 stitch ribbons and believe that they are fairly early.

[kraut72]

Hi

Nice L/12 but possible loop more pics ?

[Jelle M.]

Hi Kraut,

with pleasure.
The loop suffered just like the ribbon a bit from wear as you can see on the pictures. The 800 faded partly away and it's a bit out of shape. But actually that's the way i like them

[kraut72]

Hi

Thanks you new pics.

Very nice Juncker KC! But this loop not L/12 type, and not with typicaly 800 hallmark ....Sorry but for me this one replaced loop

[Jelle M.]

This cross is attributed to GFM Von Rundstedt according Bill Shea.
It was bought by him years ago from a fellow us collector who bought it from a german lawyer, who bought it from the daughter Edith Von Rundstedt when the family had debts. I did some homework and found that VR received the RK on 30/9/1939. So correct me if i'm wrong but i assume he received a zinc core Juncker RK. That's not this cross but i believe that somebody like VR had several crosses. So the story could be true... but i always buy the item and not the story. It could be acceptible that rings and ribbons were switched from the original set. For collectors a no go but for the original wearer it doesn't matter... as long as he could wear the RK with pride. I contacted Bill Shea to ask if had other personal items from the same grouping but he don't want to sell them for the moment.

[Dietrich Maerz]

Oh, the romance! What a nice piece of story telling and so "credible"! There are really some "master seller" in the hobby!

However, a nice and genuine cross and that would have been enough description. No need to embelish. But some dealers have a hidden Hemingway inside and the urge to add some "special touch" for the extra money.

Dietrich