Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked "18 Ct" (Gold) on

marked "18 Ct" (Gold) on the edge

in the newly formed Royal Air Force

Instituted 3 August 1914 by Friedrich Wilhelm III

The high-rising

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked "18 Ct" (Gold) on(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A well preserved, first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 48. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain, fully unmarked, and sits securely within a silvered alloy crossguard which presents in the form of a pair of stylized wings bearing double sided central sunwheel style mobile swastikas,