A Clasp To The Iron Cross 1939 By C.e.juncker Newly Listed Footnote: Cecil Herbert Downing (age

Footnote: Cecil Herbert Downing (age 16) and John Charles Downing (age 14) departed Liverpool

His health began deteriorating in the new year

The official report states that "This officer was playing in an organized game of football for the 20th Div

one on each breast which have decorative straps giving them a pleated-look with the olive green plastic buttons at the top

He was suffering from extreme cold and had also been frost-bitten on the body

A Clasp To The Iron Cross 1939 By C.e.juncker Newly Listed Footnote: Cecil Herbert Downing (agemarked L 12 In tombac, marked L12 on reverse, with four solid prongs, worn yet better than extremely fine; This clasp is NOT L 12 Juncker clasp; This die is the same as the one used for the L 14 Spange. Since Juncker was bombed, some speculate that they bought or used L 14 dies to keep up production, but this is speculation only. Clasp may have been stamped post 1945.