Army Officer's Dagger, 1935 Model - Germany - 20th Century

Army officers' DAGGER, 1935 model
Germany
20th century
Steel, aluminium, celluloid
Total length: 37.4 cm; Blade length: 25.7 cm

Double-edged blade with flat edge, marked ‘Siegfried Waffen’, ‘ERNST PACK & SOHN M.B.H. WAFFENFABRIK’, ‘Solingen’.
Dagger known as Heer Offizierdolch.
Inverted truncated cone-shaped pommel, chiselled with a frieze of oak leaves.
Twisted orange tang with helical fluting and a ridge.
Quillons ending in a scroll.
Guard decorated with the Wehrmacht's spread eagle.
Crown with swastika.
Aluminium scabbard with two bracelets engraved with oak leaves and ring loops.
Double ring loop with wide aluminium braid with buckles, loop and silver-plated metal snap hooks – engraved with oak leaves.
Aluminium lanyard.

Ref.: 6691

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