Germany. A Fighting Knife, C.1940 GTRexclude The Order of the Iron

The Order of the Iron Crown in Gold

This is an absolutely mint War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1

He received the Iron Cross 2nd Class and the Baden Merit Medal

and Two Stickpins (both are bronze

Anne de Bellevue Military Hospital

Germany. A Fighting Knife, C.1940 GTRexclude The Order of the IronMeasuring 272 mm long with the scabbard on, featuring a 152 mm long nickel plated steel blade, with a slightly sharpened edge and a semi pointy tip. The blade is un etched, but is maker marked with the logo of Anton Wingen, Solingen on the reverse, with light marks common to extraction and return to the scabbard. The thick blackened leather washer is at the cross guard is intact but sits loosely on the cross guard. The cross guard consists of a