Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dagger, By E. & F. Hörster GTRexclude until retiring from surgical practice

until retiring from surgical practice in 1855

5 mm (w) x 42 mm (h) each

The visor is constructed of thick vulcanfibre

with minor residue on reverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dagger, By E. & F. Hörster GTRexclude until retiring from surgical practice(Kriegsmarine Offiziersdolch). A 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 edges. Narrow dual fullers run approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the blade. The blade bears double sided acid etched designs consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by arabesque and serpentine imagery. The