Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by E. & F. Hörster Newly Listed sterling silver gilt with red

sterling silver gilt with red

one with a "JAPAN" clasp

beside a stamped inscription of “REICH” in Fraktur script

While living in California

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by E. & F. Hörster Newly Listed sterling silver gilt with red(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). A very well preserved 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 retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip. Dual narrow fullers run the majority of the length of each side of the blade, which also bears double sided acid etched imagery consisting of central fouled anchors