Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Exhibition Example, c.1960 GTRexclude retaining a rounded pommel nut

retaining a rounded pommel nut screwing in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity

spring-loaded two-piece scalloped upright cassette for ten cigarettes

with some age-appropriate material fatigue evident

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha War Commemorative Cross 1914-18 Second Class is very rare award

and realizing he had a few minutes while his company was awaiting the supporting artillery fire

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Exhibition Example, c.1960 GTRexclude retaining a rounded pommel nut(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes Museumsstck). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars culminating in an eyelet and suspension ring retaining an original length of neck ribbon, unmarked, measuring 52.