Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Province of China It has no connection with

It has no connection with Masonic "orders" of the same name which sprang up in the United States

consisting of an oval oak wrath joined together at the base by a ribbon and topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika

a Preface by the author and an Acknowledgements

An early pair of unissued SS Officer’s collar tabs (Type II: 1934-1945)

The three stars on the obverse are symbolic of the three wounds received by Brigadier Sampaio at the battle of Tuiuti in 1866

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Province of China It has no connection with(Heer Dolch fr Offiziere). A very well preserved Heer Officers dress dagger, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic logo of a squirrel clutching a sword. It sits securely within a nickel plated