Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, with Hanger, by Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co.

(Heer Offiziersdolch mit Gehänge). An exceptionally well-preserved Heer Officer’s dagger, measuring 400 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 265 mm-long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain with the exception of a maker’s mark on the reverse ricasso reading “WKC, SOLINGEN” for the firm of Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co., topped by the company’s classic knight’s helmet logo. It sits securely within a nickel-silver upper crossguard, the obverse of which presents as a finely-detailed Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with the seam covered by a fully-intact brown leather buffer pad. The handle grip is composed of a single piece of ribbed light brown celluloid. It completes with a flattened nickel-silver pommel, decorated along the outer circumference with raised oak leaves, which screws in to securely maintain the dagger’s structural integrity. It is accompanied by its period original scabbard, constructed of a pebbled magnetic metal shaft. The upper third of the shaft features two integral bands bearing oak leaf designs, each retaining an integral loop for the accommodation of a dagger hanger. The throat retains a functional spring catch, firmly holding the dagger in place during storage, and is held together by a single side rivet. It is accompanied by a matching hanger, constructed of two field-grey doeskin straps topped by silver aluminum wire tresses. Each strap is adjusted with functional silvered feinzink buckles, in turn presenting as oval oak leaf wreaths, and culminates in functional spring clips for attachment to the scabbard’s loops. The straps in turn descend from a silvered feinzink buckle. The hanger measures 270 mm in length as presented. With all elements demonstrating only slight, age-appropriate loss of finish, this striking set is in an overall near mint condition.