Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, First Pattern, by Alcoso Auction of Kingsport

of Kingsport

the obverse with a central raised SA/NSKK-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

very fine period strikings

Both suspended from a 70 mm-long non-magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and black wool reverse liner

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, First Pattern, by Alcoso Auction of Kingsport(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere, 1. Form). A first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 49 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the former firm of Alexander Coppel, circumscribing the companys classic scale logo. It sits securely within a