the cross is accompanied by Document of Authenticity from Dietrich Maerz stating that it was used in his definitive textbook
Number 66528 and Class "B"
An Italian Independence Medal with Four Clasps - Silver
The pommel and crossguard are the style which we believe to have been produced by WKC
when it was destroyed at Stalingrad
Two Wehrmacht Army General's Insignia Auction the cross is accompanied byGeneral's Collar Tab (gold coloured bullion wire in various textures, wrapped around yellow cord, two rows of braided light brown cord in the centre, on a red wool base, 38 mm x 83 mm, fraying evident in the wire, lightly soiled); and Generalmajor's Shoulder Board (single row of fine silvered aluminum wire, in a chevron formation, flanked by gold coloured bullion wire in a thatched pattern on either side, the three rows creating an interwoven braided