Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, Refurbished Example, Unmarked Variant Auction and numbered 7414

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, Refurbished Example, Unmarked Variant Auction and numbered 7414(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 retains factory original sharpening to the tip. Double sided acid etched imagery is visible on the blade, with the obverse showing a central fouled anchor flanked by a ship and arabesque latticework, while the reverse bears a U Boat cutting through