Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Leader’s Dagger Hanger visually-hidden presenting as a Ruppert Cross

presenting as a Ruppert Cross with a silver gilt frame and white enameled arms trimmed with black enameled borders

unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint

It is an order of knighthood

It is signed in black ink on behalf of the commanding General by a Lieutenant General

and a size mark of “57”

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Leader’s Dagger Hanger visually-hidden presenting as a Ruppert Cross(Technische Nothilfe Gehnge fr den Dolch). A rare Technische Nothilfe (Technical Emergency Corps TeNo) Leaders dagger hanger, consisting of a zink alloy loop with two additional loops emanating from the lower edge, each retaining a blackened leather strap adjusted with a functional zink alloy buckle presenting as a cogwheel, in turn culminating in functional zink alloy spring clips, unmarked, measuring 25 cm in total length as presented, demonstrating