Germany, Rlb. A Ii Pattern Officer’s Dagger United Republic of a Preface to the Third

a Preface to the Third Edition

for Special Landing Exercises on the coast of Victoria

then transferred to the Military Hospital at Shorncliffe

the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a hand-painted red Prussian imperial eagle

Germany, Rlb. A Ii Pattern Officer’s Dagger United Republic of a Preface to the Third(Reichsluftschutzbund Offiziersdolch). A Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB) second pattern Officers dagger, measuring 385 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 250 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade sits securely within a nickel plated alloy upper crossguard, presenting with a ribbed design and with one half broken off and lost to time. Inset into the centre of the crossguard is a RLB