Original wooden handle with moderate contact marks fitting perfectly to the upper and lower crossguards
stitched onto each side is a hand-embroidered golden-yellow threaded Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika
as well as a crisp “5” within the partial outlines of a national eagle
It contains a rather unusual entry on the first page underneath the photo
loop for suspension marked “23” (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heeresbedarf in der Gravur-und-Ziselierung
Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Version Newly Listed Original wooden handle with moderate(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz II. Klasse). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a central blackened Iron Cross, overlaying a rectangular bar bearing a raised date of 1939, affixed to a period original ribbon with two reverse attachment prongs, unmarked, measuring 30 mm (w) x 14 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.