Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by E. & F. Hörster Province of China silver-aluminum Russian braiding

silver-aluminum Russian braiding

obverse illustrating Mount Vesuvius across the Bay of Naples

The exterior wool demonstrates moderate soiling and material fatigue

1953 and arrived in Canada on April 23rd

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by E. & F. Hörster Province of China silver-aluminum Russian braiding(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). A well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 42 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip. Dual narrow fullers run the majority of the length of each side of the blade, which also bears double sided, acid etched imagery consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by arabesque