Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Eugen Gauss Archive He joined the military on

He joined the military on October 2

in blackened iron with a horizontal pinback

The dagger completes with a nickel-plated lower crossguard

1907 at Washington

also with 925 silver hallmark

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Eugen Gauss Archive He joined the military on(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop