Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, with Hanger

(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch mit Anhänger). A Luftwaffe Officer’s dress dagger, measuring 43.5 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, and which is fully unmarked. The blade sits securely within a silvered alloy crossguard, the obverse of which presents as a detailed 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 white celluloid, with the ribbing retaining a fully-intact twisted and rolled bronze wire cord. It completes with a silvered alloy pommel consisting of a double-sided wreathed mobile swastika, securely screwing in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity. Wrapped around the handle is a matching portpee, consisting of a stylized silver aluminum wire acorn suspended from a cord of identical construction. 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 bands retaining integral loops for the accommodation of a hanger. The throat retains a functional spring catch, firmly holding the dagger in place during storage, and is secured together with dual side loops. It is accompanied by a period original hanger, constructed of two dark grey doeskin wool straps topped by grey machine-embroidered tresses, in turn flanked by silver aluminum wire bands. The straps each descend from silvered zink loops connecting to a functional spring clip, are adjusted with functional silvered zink buckles, and complete with functional silvered zink spring clip which lock onto the scabbard’s loops. The clip bears a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “U.E. 10” for Uniform Effekten 10 (corresponding to code M5/10) for Wilhelm Deus, Solingen. Issues consistent with age and wear are evident to the set, and include some running marks to the blade, loss of finish to the silver plated features, and minor tarnishing of the scabbard shaft. It is in an overall better than very fine condition.