A MOST UNUSUAL ETCHED ‘MEMORY OF MY SERVICE TIME’ SHORT DRESS BAYONET.

Privately purchased at the time by the soldiers themselves or gifts from relatives, there are a huge number of variations of this etch. Some are extremely rare and beautiful and fetch quite large sums. I have has a great many of these over the years but this one is most unusual. Standard exterior with a steel, nickel plated hilt. Unfortunately this has some corrosion and pitting go the surface,...  read more

Code: 4975

AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A RAD OFFICERS DAGGER COMPLETE WITH LEATHER STRAPS.

A really nice example of this somewhat ‘dainty’ officers dagger (as compared to the RAD hewer!). U.K. until 1938 all members of the RAD wore the huge bowie bladed, hewer. The officers dagger was then introduced. A much smaller, slimline version whist retaining the overall design. All were made of a grey metal alloy and then heavily silver plated. Cream celluloid grips that were meant to look li...  read more

Code: 4973

VERY EARLY 1936 SS CHAINED DAGGER - ALL NICKEL FITTINGS!

This is the dagger everyone looks for. A initial production, all nickel fitting, SS chained dagger.
Introduced in 1936 and replaced the standard 1933 dagger thst all ranks wore. This one has solid nickel crossguards and scabbard fittings, as well as a solid nickel Type II A chain.(?) A beautiful solid black ebony grip with no issues whatsoever. Nice grip eagle and unchipped SS runes but...  read more

Code: 4963

A SUPER AND MINT CONDITIONED MINIATURE ARMY DAGGER BY HORSTER.

I had a very nice orange gripped one of these very recently, which sold v quickly. This has a solid white celluloid grip and the whole dagger is in MINT condition throughout. Horster pieces are smaller than the Alcoso ones but still have great detail. Perfectly proportioned in every way. Stone mint nickel plated blade with E.F. HORSTER SOLINGEN etched into the blade and then gilded.
I c...  read more

Code: 4972

SUPERB LUFTWAFFE FIGHTING KNIFE IN MINT CONDITION ‘5’ MARKED.

It seems every time I get a really nice one of these they disappear VERY quickly! This is a lovely example and in mint condition. Perfect wood grip with 3 domed rivets. Black painted scabbard is 100% complete with all original paint. Reverse triple spring clip. Blade has never been abused or sharpened, again in mint condition! The riccasso is marked with the tiny inspection stamp/Waffenampt mar...  read more

Code: 4971

VERY EARLY DLV FLYERS KNIFE BY ‘BALLOON MAN’!

This is a great example of the earliest produced DLV Flyers knife. Made by Gebruder Heller with their very distinctive ‘balloon man’ trademark. This dagger has remained uncleaned for 70+ years!! The nickel fittings have toned down to a dark grey/black colour which shows the high content level of silver in the fittings. Super dark blue Morrocan leather is virtually perfect apart from a very smal...  read more

Code: 4775

A VERY NICE EXAMPLE OF A COMPLETE ‘SOCIAL WELFARE’ OFFICERS DRESS DAGGER WITH ORIGINAL STRAPS AND 42cm PORTAPEE.

One of the more unusual daggers of the Third Reich era. Social Welfare? Not a military organisation at all yet they had specific uniforms and daggers for both enlisted men and officers! Unlike nearly all the other daggers and swords, These daggers never have any makers marks on the blades, yet they appear in various manufacturers catalogues (Eickhorn, Robert Klaas). This officers example is in ...  read more

Code: 4952

LAND CUSTOMS DAGGER WITH ORIGINAL KNOT BY HORSTER.

Not an easy dagger to find as the Customs officers around Germany were not huge in numbers. Of similar size and shape to an army officers dagger.
This one is by EF Horster but they were produced by various companies , Eickhorn and WKC for instance. This one is one of the brushed aluminium types, so the pommel, crossguard and scabbard fittings are all aluminium. Nice green leather grip w...  read more

Code: 4969