Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Carl Eickhorn Newly Listed they destroyed a two seater

they destroyed a two seater (DES)

The blade sites within a replaced silvered zink upper crossguard

Footnote: Total number of recipients of the Commander Cross as of the end of 1917 was 2

and is secured shut via four small

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Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Carl Eickhorn Newly Listed they destroyed a two seater(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere, 1. Form). A first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 48. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of CARL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic squirrel logo, in a pattern appropriately used by the company