Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dagger, By E. & F. Hörster Auction Archive illustrating a left-facing eagle

illustrating a left-facing eagle

both unmarked and measuring 25 mm (w) x 126 mm (l)

Ehrenkreuz 3

the badge is surmounted by a crown suspension

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dagger, By E. & F. Hörster Auction Archive illustrating a left-facing eagle(Kriegsmarine Offiziersdolch). A Kriegsmarine Officers dagger, measuring 42. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long nickel plated magnetic steel dagger with a sharpened tip and edges. Narrow dual fullers run approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the blade. The blade bears double sided acid etched designs consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by arabesque and serpentine imagery. The