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

(Heer Dolch für Offizier mit Gehänge). A Heer Officer’s dress dagger, measuring 39.5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a nickel-plated magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges, Unmarked, the blade sits securely within a nickel-plated alloy crossguard, the obverse of which bears a raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with the seam covered by a partially-intact black leather buffer pad. The handle grip consists of a single piece of ribbed off-white celluloid. while the dagger completes with a flattened and rounded pommel bearing raised oak leaves around the outer circumference, screwing in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity. Accompanying the dagger is its original scabbard, constructed of a pebbled magnetic metal shaft. The upper third of the shaft has dual integral oak leaf bands retaining loops for the accommodation of a hanger. Issues consistent with age and wear are evident, and include running marks and tarnishing to the blade, loss of nickel finish to the plated fixtures, surface oxidation to the scabbard, and the loss of the throat’s rivet. It remains in a very fine condition.

Accompanying the dagger is a matching hanger, consisting of an aluminum alloy loop with two additional loops emanating from the lower edge. Descending from each loop is a strap consisting of a field-grey doeskin strap topped by a silver aluminum wire tresse. Each strap is adjusted with a functional silvered zink buckle, and complets with a functional spring clip to lock onto the scabbard’s loops. Unmarked, the hanger measures 27 cm in total length. Moderate loss of finish is visible to the metal fixtures, and the hanger remains in a near extremely fine condition.