Germany, SS. A Model 1933 Service Dagger, with Chained Leader’s Scabbard, by Carl Eickhorn Hold (Deutsches Reich Medaillen)

(Deutsches Reich Medaillen)

The blade is plain with the exception of a maker’s mark on the reverse reading “A

The cap band itself is constructed of green wool (faded)

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 4th Infantry Battalion

enamel chipping on reverse centrepiece ring

Germany, SS. A Model 1933 Service Dagger, with Chained Leader’s Scabbard, by Carl Eickhorn Hold (Deutsches Reich Medaillen)(Schutzstaffel Dienstdolch M33, mit Stahlscheide M36). A well preserved SS Model 1933 Service Dagger, measuring 37. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 22. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with both its edges and tip slightly sharpened. Acid etched onto the obverse of the blade is an inscription of MEINE EHRE HEIT TREUE (MY HONOUR IS LOYALTY) in Fraktur script. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of