Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, Owner-Attributed, by Alcoso

(Heer Dolch für Offizier). 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 obverse bears a carefully acid-etched owner’s name of “FRANZ SPANGEMACHER, OLDENBURG I/O”. The reverse ricasso bears a maker’s mark of “ALCOSO, SOLINGEN” for the former firm of Alexander Coppel, circumscribing the company’s classic scale logo. The blade sits securely within a nickel-silver crossguard, the obverse of which bears a raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with the seam covered by an intact brown leather buffer pad. The handle grip is composed of a single piece of ribbed light brown celluloid. It completes with a flattened pommel bearing raised oak leaves around the outer circumference, screwing in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity. Wrapped around the crossguard and pommel is a matching portepee, consisting of a stylized silver aluminum wire acorn suspended from a strap of identical construction. It is accompanied by its original scabbard, constructed of a pebbled magnetic metal shaft. The upper third of the shaft has two integral oak leaf bands which retain loops for the accommodation of a hanger. A functional spring clip inside the throat firmly holds the dagger in place during storage. Demonstrating only minor running marks to the blade with additional loosening of the hilt, this owner-attributed example remains in an extremely fine condition.