Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Hold number 403045

number 403045

Stufe” in gilded lettering

each marked Ballou

marked “Aus Erobertem Geschütz” (Out of conquered cannons) on rim

measuring 33 mm (w) x 350 mm (l)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Hold number 403045(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). A Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 42 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which demonstrates the remnants of dual narrow fullers which run the majority of the length of each side. The obverse ricasso bears a partially legible makers mark in the form of the classic squirrel logo of Carl Eickhorn, Solingen. The blade sits