Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Hans Kolping Auction Archive trimmed with bright red piping

trimmed with bright red piping

An example of a Squadron Clasp of the Luftwaffe for Fighter and Bomber Pilots (Spange für Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger): in bronzed tombak

measuring 281 mm long and approximately 80 mm wide

with horizontal bar inscribed GOV

A silver brooch

Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Hans Kolping Auction Archive trimmed with bright red piping(Heer Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Heer officers dagger, measuring 400 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 260 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened edges. The blade is unmarked with the exception of a makers stamp near the reverse ricasso of H. KOLPING, SOLINGEN, for the firm of Hans Kolping, circumscribing the companys stein logo. It sits securely within the silvered zink