Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Frame 2, by Hermann Aurich Auction both prongs and the enamels

both prongs and the enamels intact

The crossguard is constructed of magnetic metal

A scarce dagger in an overall better than very fine condition

Onyeama - Nigeria

most bearing extensive handwritten inscriptions on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Frame 2, by Hermann Aurich Auction both prongs and the enamels(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