Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dagger, With Hanger, By Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1915 in Pioneer Battalion 27

1915 in Pioneer Battalion 27

on the 30th

The interior sidewall of the kepi is lined in a champagne-coloured linen

61mm (l – from clasp to clasp

the notation "valid until December 31

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dagger, With Hanger, By Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1915 in Pioneer Battalion 27(Heer Offiziersdolch mit Gehnge). A Heer Officers dagger, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the reverse ricasso of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic logo of a squirrel clutching a sword. The blade sits securely within a silvered metal alloy