A Land Custom Official Dagger By Hörster Auction Archive obverse center presenting a superimposed

obverse center presenting a superimposed silver portrait of Philip the Magnanimous on a blue enamel field

Footnote: The Patriotic Order of Merit was a national award granted annually in the German Democratic Republic (GDR)

The eagle shows nice detailing and is nicely convexed to fit the contours of the shako and is secured by two threaded screwposts with retaining nuts that are visible in the interior

the obverse with a central white medallion with a rotated black enamel swastika in the centre

measuring 19 mm in diameter with a 40 mm-long needle

A Land Custom Official Dagger By Hörster Auction Archive obverse center presenting a superimposedLand Custom Official Dagger by Hrster; measuring 411 mm with the scabbard on, this dagger features a sharpened (semi sharp) nickel plated magnetic steel blade, with a sharp tip. The blades reverse ricasso is maker marked E & F Hrst, Solingen with the companys insignia. The blade is diamond shaped with flattened top and bottom and exhibits scratches common to extraction and return to the scabbard on both sides of the blade, along with scratches from