Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by E. & F. Hörster Archive the reverse with a ball

the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a crimped base

78 mm x 108 mm

with fine quality interior

the former bearing a gilded LDO insignia

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by E. & F. Hörster Archive the reverse with a ball(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