Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Carl Eickhorn Auction Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1920

He had been previously discharged from military service because he was declared medically unfit

Vibrant green “Waffenfarbe” piping spans the circumference of the crown

For twenty-five years' service

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Carl Eickhorn Auction Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1920(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere, 1. Form). A first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 48. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of CARL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic squirrel logo, in a pattern appropriately used by the company