Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, By Alcoso GTRexclude For his sacrificial readiness for

For his sacrificial readiness for action and his merits

wear in the fabric overlying the hinged area

lightly frayed on the right side of the invertred triangle

wear and light soiling evident in the cloth-covering on the exterior

two weeks shy of his twenty-first birthday

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, By Alcoso GTRexclude For his sacrificial readiness for(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 43 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 ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the former firm of Alexander Coppel, circumscribing the companys scale logo. The blade sits securely within a silvered