Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Carl Eickhorn Auction the reverse is inscribed with

the reverse is inscribed with “ZUM ANDENKEN AN DEN HUNDERTSTEN GEBURTSTAG DES GROßEN KAISERS WILHELM I 1797 22 MAERZ 1897” (TO REMEMBER THE HUNDRED BIRTHDAY OF THE GREAT EMPEROR WILHELM I 1797 22 MARCH 1897)

but displaying all the typical manufacturing characteristics of Juncker

lightly soiled original triangular ribbon with hook and eye

pre-deceased by his first wife

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Carl Eickhorn Auction the reverse is inscribed with(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 425 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 265 mm long magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the reverse ricasso of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, topped by the firms classic logo of a squirrel clutching a sword. The blade sits firmly within a silvered alloy upper crossguard, the