Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F. & A. Helbig Auction Archive 6mm(w) x 49

6mm(w) x 49

his situation noted as "Dangeously Ill": "Admitted shortly after 11

chipping evident in the white enamels on the bottom arm of the cross

TATTON 304098" on the reverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F. & A. Helbig Auction Archive 6mm(w) x 49(Luftwaffe Offiziers Dolch). A well preserved first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 48 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the reverse ricasso reading F. & A. HELBIG, STEINBACH KR. M., circumscribing the firms GAEGLER trade name. It sits securely within an aluminum