Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co. United Republic of the lower edge of the

the lower edge of the wreath featuring dual hooks connecting to a pendant of identical construction and consisting of a central starburst rosette flanked on each side by three laurel leaves

it was renamed “Orion”

large piece of the black cotton mesh backer missing

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of which Waldheim was eventually cleared

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co. United Republic of the lower edge of the(Kriegsmarine Offiziersdolch). A Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 415 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 255 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Dual narrow fullers run approximately two thirds the length of each side of the blade. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of WKC for Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co., Solingen, topped by the firms classic knights helmet logo. It