Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn visually-hidden (DRL Sportabzeichen mit Miniature)

(DRL Sportabzeichen mit Miniature)

worn on original ribbon with a dolphin device denoting overseas recipient

Though the Afghans shot them down one by one

encased under glass in a 237 mm x 155 mm wooden frame

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn visually-hidden (DRL Sportabzeichen mit Miniature)(Heer Dolch fr Offiziere). A Heer Officers dress dagger, measuring 39. 5 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 both the edges and tip. The obverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic squirrel logo. It sits securely within a nickel plated alloy crossguard, the obverse of which