Italy, Facist State. A Second War Fighting Knife, C.1942 Auction Archive and the Iron Cross II

and the Iron Cross II Class (1 December 1944)

at the age of 75 and is buried in Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery in Toronto

Footnote: Private Samuel Shaw is shown in the roll of the 85 man 6th (Hochelaga Infantry) Battalion

Governor and Commander-in-Chief Nyasaland Protectorate 1910-13

Silver Grade (silvered metal and enamels

Italy, Facist State. A Second War Fighting Knife, C.1942 Auction Archive and the Iron Cross IIThe knife with its blade and crossguard in steel, magnetic, measuring 183 mm in length, embedded into a brass handle, the handle with a bone grip which incorporates seven sets of three vertical rules each around its circumference, the pommel constructed from a circular convex rivet that secures the structure of the knife, the knife measuring 280 mm in length overall, exhibiting contact marks on the blade and spotting on the brass handle. The