Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Exhibition Example, c.1960 GTRexclude spring-loaded two-piece scalloped upright cassette

spring-loaded two-piece scalloped upright cassette for ten cigarettes

finished in a matte black on the obverse and in green on the reverse

named to “OB

with some age-appropriate material fatigue evident

retaining a rounded pommel nut screwing in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Exhibition Example, c.1960 GTRexclude spring-loaded two-piece scalloped upright cassette(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes Museumsstck). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars culminating in an eyelet and suspension ring retaining an original length of neck ribbon, unmarked, measuring 52.