Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger GTRexclude horizontal pinback (heavily corroded and

horizontal pinback (heavily corroded and non-functional)

The gold-coloured bronze pommel is in the form of a crown

selecting targets closest to American lines

The tsuba is constructed of a separate piece of patinated bronze and presents as a stylized chrysanthemum flower

dark blue magnetic plate (and magnetic pin)

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger GTRexclude horizontal pinback (heavily corroded and(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch mit Anhnger). A Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 43. 5 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, and which is fully unmarked. The blade sits securely within a silvered alloy crossguard, the obverse of which presents as a detailed Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with the seam covered by an intact