Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dagger, By David Malsch Buy Now The jacket measures 480 mm

The jacket measures 480 mm across the shoulders x 610 mm in length

(the rank of Obersturmführer was considered the equivalent of an Oberleutnant in the German Wehrmacht)

between 1869 and 1880

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Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dagger, By David Malsch Buy Now The jacket measures 480 mm(Luftwaffe Fliegerdolch). A well preserved first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 380 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 310 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade presents plain with the exception of a makers mark of DAVID MALSCH, STEINBACH (THR.), circumscribing the firms monogram logo, stamped onto the reverse ricasso. The blade sits securely within a silvered alloy