Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F.w. Höller GTRexclude fourrangere with gilt metal tip

fourrangere with gilt metal tip tied to the bar suspension

later of Esquimalt

the reverse with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch

5mm(w) x 83

Klasse für 50 Jahre des Sächsischen-Militär-Vereins-Bundes)

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F.w. Höller GTRexclude fourrangere with gilt metal tip(Heer Offiziersdolch). An extremely well preserved Heer dress dagger, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26 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 reading F. W. HLLER, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms thermometer logo. The blade sits firmly within a nickel silver upper crossguard, the obverse