Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, By Alcoso GTRexclude lightly frayed on the right

lightly frayed on the right side of the invertred triangle

the closing link a crest

with identical arm inscriptions

two weeks shy of his twenty-first birthday

wear in the fabric overlying the hinged area

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, By Alcoso GTRexclude lightly frayed on the right(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 43 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. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the reverse ricasso of ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the former firm of Alexander Coppel, circumscribing the companys scale logo. The blade sits securely within a silvered