Original German 1957 Pattern Bundeswehr Iron Cross First Class 1939 in Original Case - EKI Antique Wheellock Firearms rather than nickel plated and

rather than nickel plated and also appears to have been chambered for the less powerful

For further research checkout this forum post about these knives and how to tell WWII knives from post war (this example is 100% WWII)

We have never seen one of these holsters intact before

still with the original markings on the tube by the eyepiece:

Fanger=stag catcher

Original German 1957 Pattern Bundeswehr Iron Cross First Class 1939 in Original Case - EKI Antique Wheellock Firearms rather than nickel plated andOriginal Item: Only One Available. Following the end of WWII in Europe, Germany had been partitioned into 4 occupation zones, Soviet, American, French, and British, with several smaller zones administered by various other European countries. The Capital of Berlin was also split up into zones as well. It was originally planned that the Allies would administer occupied Germany via the Allied Control Council, however the different goals of the four major