Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Archive established in 1869

established in 1869

he left his estate to his wife

set within a silver-grey soutache

two Postcards: one of Private Baldry in Uniform (photo in black and white and heavily faded to a sepia-toned look

nine of which have enamels

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Archive established in 1869(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). A well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 42 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and with dual narrow fullers running approximately two thirds of the length of each side. Acid etched designs have been applied to both sides, and consist of central fouled anchors flanked by serpentine and arabesque