Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Non-Magnetic Variant, by Rudolf Souval Archive this dagger features a 145

this dagger features a 145 mm long steel blade (magnetic)

Kärner was head of the art department of the Eduard porcelain factory from 1947 to 1953

inscribed with “1870 1871” within a laurel wreath

Ont / June 1 1918 / From Mother”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Non-Magnetic Variant, by Rudolf Souval Archive this dagger features a 145(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o'clock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 44. 26 mm (w) x 44. 23 mm (h), weighing 20. 8 grams,