Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dagger, By Alcoso Hold Naval General Service Medal

Naval General Service Medal

Stenbeck 12 Mai 1961" in running script on the reverse

1939 to January 28

a young pilot came to my billet

Ontario when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (690557) with the 173rd Infantry Battalion

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dagger, By Alcoso Hold Naval General Service Medal(Kriegsmarine Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dagger, measuring 45. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long nickel plated magnetic steel dagger with a sharpened tip and edges. Narrow dual fullers run approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the blade. The obverse of the blade features an acid etched design consisting of a central fouled anchor flanked by arabesques, while the