Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller Auction I found it was tied

I found it was tied together with rice straw

A dagger measuring 52 cm with the scabbard on

all swing mounted on pin bar

maker marked “D

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller Auction I found it was tied(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