Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Deschler & Sohn, Dietrich Maerz Collection United Republic of Die struck in silver

Die struck in silver

engraver marked "MAKLARI" on the obverse

suffering many casualties in the act

Dagger is complete with fine quality brown leather hanger with early Nickel-silver buckle and unmarked upper clip

his last known whereabouts were in Budapest during Christmas 1944

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Deschler & Sohn, Dietrich Maerz Collection United Republic of Die struck in silver(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1