Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller Auction A dagger measuring 52 cm

A dagger measuring 52 cm with the scabbard on

while the crown above has a Second Reich cockade with a painted black base incorporating a raised silvered ring and a red felt centre

Usually called the "Canon Cross" because it was made from captured bronze canon

with an "Attack expected"

Footnote: Grenadier Regiment 749 was established in October of 1942 and reclassified to Jäger Regiment 749 in April of 1943 in Croatia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller Auction A dagger measuring 52 cm(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