Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F.w. Höller GTRexclude the reverse with a barrel

the reverse with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch

held in place via intact lugs and a pin on the inside of the cap

he was a labourer at the Howard Smith Paper Mill in Cornwall

Klasse für 50 Jahre des Sächsischen-Militär-Vereins-Bundes)

later of Esquimalt

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F.w. Höller GTRexclude the reverse with a barrel(Heer Offiziersdolch). An extremely well preserved Heer dress dagger, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26 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 reading F. W. HLLER, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms thermometer logo. The blade sits firmly within a nickel silver upper crossguard, the obverse