Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dagger, By E. & F. Hörster Auction also Iron Cross 2nd Class

also Iron Cross 2nd Class winner (among other awards

Noted soldier

Private First Class Oscar Palmer Austin

In bronzed brass

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dagger, By E. & F. Hörster Auction also Iron Cross 2nd Class(Kriegsmarine Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dagger, measuring 42. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long nickel plated magnetic steel dagger with a sharpened tip and edge, and dual fullers running approximately two thirds of the length of each side. The blade bears double sided acid etched designs consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by serpentine and arabesque imagery. A makers