Germany, Luftwaffe. A Second Pattern Officer’s Dagger GTRexclude a worn cross

a worn cross

5 mm (h) ribbon-wrapped wreathed bar with pinback

the fourth page without text and incorporating a handwritten inscription in black ink

maker marked "DESCHLER MUNCHEN 9" and marked "GES

with photocopies of Willy Fritzsche’s NSDAP files

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Second Pattern Officer’s Dagger GTRexclude a worn cross(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A second pattern Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 430 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 260 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Fully unmarked, the blade sits securely within a nickel plated alloy upper crossguard, the obverse of which presents as a finely detailed Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika. It transitions into a multi piece hilt