Germany, Kriegsmarine. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger Auction Archive impressed around the rim HERZOGTH

impressed around the rim HERZOGTH GOTHA VND ALTENBVRG MDCCCXIV-MDCCCXV

when the Harvard MK

73 mm (w) x 54

Accompanied by his Memorial Plaque (RICHARD SANDFORD

marked Rothe on interior lid

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger Auction Archive impressed around the rim HERZOGTH(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offizier, 1. Modell). A very well preserved first pattern Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 40. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Dual narrow fullers extend approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the blade. Unmarked, it sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard, bearing double sided