the hanger has lost most of its finish and the reverse demonstrates cracking of the arrow insignia
increasingly focusing on warplanes in the lead-up to World War II
A grouping of second war German Veteran’s Association insignia
BOMBADIER [underlined] A letter sent to his father Herr Heinrich Kuhlmann in Hemeringen
his service extended to a number of postings
Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, Second Pattern, by Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the hanger has lost most(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere). A Luftwaff Officers second pattern dress dagger, measuring 42. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and edges. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic logo of a squirrel clutching a sword. It sits securely within an