Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Lauterjung & Co.

(Heer Offiziersdolch). An extremely well-preserved Heer Officer’s dress dagger, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26.5 cm-long nickel-plated magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The reverse ricasso is stamped with the famous “TIGER” logo of Lauterjung & Co., Solingen. The blade sits securely within a silver-plated crossguard, bearing a raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on the obverse, with the seam covered by an intact black leather buffer pad. The handle grip is composed of a single piece of ribbed light brown celluloid, while the dagger completes with a flattened and rounded pommel bearing oak leaves around the outer circumference. It is accompanied by its period original scabbard, constructed of a pebbled magnetic metal shaft. The upper third of the shaft features two integral oak leaf rings retaining loops for the accommodation of a hanger. Secured together with two side rivets, the throat also retains a functional spring catch to firmly hold the dagger in place during storage. With only minor running marks and tarnishing evident to the blade and silver-plated features, respectively, the dagger remains in an overall extremely fine condition.