Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dagger, With Hanger, By Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The interior sidewall of the

The interior sidewall of the kepi is lined in a champagne-coloured linen

and shows Jacobs (third from the left) as part of a group of other highly successful flying aces

on the 30th

61mm (l – from clasp to clasp

Pinned onto the centre of the cap band just underneath the eagle is a second aluminum insignia consisting of a wreathed tricolour cockade

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dagger, With Hanger, By Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The interior sidewall of the(Heer Offiziersdolch mit Gehnge). A Heer Officers dagger, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the reverse ricasso of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic logo of a squirrel clutching a sword. The blade sits securely within a silvered metal alloy