Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude loss of finish and minor

loss of finish and minor oxidation to the plated metal elements

1916 to November 1

The first batch of fifty F-S fighting knives were produced in January 1941 by Wilkinson Sword Ltd after Fairbairn and Sykes had travelled to their factory from the Special Training Centre at Lochailort in November 1940 to discuss their ideas for a fighting knife

with its original waxed paper wrapper

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude loss of finish and minor(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, unmarked but