Germany, Kriegsmarine. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger Auction Royal coat-of-arms at the top

Royal coat-of-arms at the top centre

measuring 110 mm x 27 mm

Army infantry

In its balsa wood box of issue

maker marked on the reverse with the logo of Steinauer & Lück

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger Auction Royal coat-of-arms at the top(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offizier, 1. Modell). A very well preserved first pattern Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 40. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Dual narrow fullers extend approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the blade. Unmarked, it sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard, bearing double sided