the six o’clock arm bears the date “1939”
7 cm nickel-plated steel blade
bearing a black inscription of “TREUE UM TREUE” (“FAITHFULNESS TO FAITHFULNESS”) and a facsimile of the signature of Paul von Hindenburg
a superb lot of unissued field gear in near mint condition
along with the Grand Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Post-War Signed Knight’s Cross Winner Photographs Auction the six o’clock arm bearsA studio portrait of Oberst Ludwig Gmbel, signed on the white border of the photograph in black ink, measuring 97 mm (w) x 141 mm (h); a photograph of Hauptmann Hans Fritsche, signed on the photograph in black ink, measuring 108 mm (w) x 155 mm (h); a field photograph of Willi Hein with three other soldiers, signed twice on the photograph in blue ink, measuring125 mm (w) x 88 mm (h); a studio portrait of Josef Brtsch, signed on the photograph in black