Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, with Hanger, by Carl Eickhorn visually-hidden When he was taken prisoner

When he was taken prisoner himself by the British

and shown great devotion to duty

A cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver border

with his photo below

France and is the only 3rd Battalion man buried in the cemetery

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, with Hanger, by Carl Eickhorn visually-hidden When he was taken prisoner(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere mit Gehnge). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 43 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip, and which retains much of its original cross grain. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic