Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac At the age of 19

At the age of 19 he joined the German Imperial Army to become an officer like his father

The obverse features a black-and-white photograph of the recipient

obverse illustrating the Finnish coat-of-arms framed by pine leaves and a ribbon banner inscribed "SUOMEN ARMEIJA" (Finnish Army)

wing extensions and swastika in a thick yellow embroidery

James Charles Gordon

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac At the age of 19(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). A Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 41. 5 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 latticework