Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, with Hanger, by Carl Eickhorn Republic of with blue and white checkered

with blue and white checkered enamelled rhomboids joining the quadrants of each arm

as "additional" for Central Reserve Minesweepers out of Harwich

Commanding 208 Squadron

is set under a pair of collar tabs constructed of dark green wool edged in twisted gold cording

40 mm long pin

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, with Hanger, by Carl Eickhorn Republic of with blue and white checkered(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere). A very well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 42. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip, and with a rich cross grain visible throughout. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms class squirrel logo.