Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Wild Buy Now While well-preserved the dagger demonstrates

While well-preserved the dagger demonstrates some issues consistent with age and use

bearing the Prague Castle bar

topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

They were at sea off the Thames Estuary

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Wild Buy Now While well-preserved the dagger demonstrates(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for