Germany, Luftwaffe. A Dedicated Miniature Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Stocker & Co.

(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch Miniatur). A well-preserved miniature Luftwaffe Officer’s dagger, measuring 24 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 15 cm-long nickel-plated magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Etched onto the obverse of the blade is an inscription of “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE 3./610” (possibly indicating Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 610). The ricasso is also stamped with the logo of Stocker & Co., Solingen. It sits securely within a silver crossguard, the obverse of which bears a raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with the seam covered by an intact black leather buffer pad. The handle grip is composed of a single piece of ribbed brown celluloid, with the ribbing retaining an original twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire cord. It completes with a pommel bearing a double-sided wreathed mobile swastika, screwing in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity. It is accompanied by its matching scabbard, constructed of a pebbled magnetic metal shaft with double-sided oak leaf designs near the tip. The upper third features two oak leaf bands with decorative loops for the accommodation of a hanger. The upper loop retains a matching miniature portepee constructed of silver-grey and golden-yellow threading. Demonstrating only minor loss of finish, the dagger is in an overall extremely fine condition.