Description
an early veteran’s replacement piece in extremely fine condition
with notched golden border trim
Hamburg on reverse
Type I without crown
fabrication marked "JAPAN" on the reverse
Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Carl Eickhorn United Republic of an early veteran’s replacement piece(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). A well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 42 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Each side of the blade has dual narrow fullers, as well as finely detailed, acid etched designs consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by arabesque and serpentine imagery. The reverse ricasso also bears