Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by E. & F. Hörster Province of China A mid-period Model 1933 SS

A mid-period Model 1933 SS Dagger

Awarded prior to the establishment of the Flak badge

signed Auguste von Rathenow and Rathenow

thanks in part to having met Hugh Halliday

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by E. & F. Hörster Province of China A mid-period Model 1933 SS(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). A well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 42 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip. Dual narrow fullers run the majority of the length of each side of the blade, which also bears double sided, acid etched imagery consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by arabesque