Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Archive When the First World War

When the First World War began in August 1914

While on leave in Nottingham

measuring 21 cm (w) x 15 cm (h)

constructed of a wooden binding with a dark maroon leather exterior liner

one depicting AH on review of SA

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Archive When the First World War(Heer Offiziers Dolch). A well preserved Heer Officers dress 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 maker marked on the reverse ricasso with the logo of Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie, Solingen. Otherwise unmarked, it sits securely within a silvered zink alloy crossguard, bearing a raised Wehrmacht eagle