HITLER YOUTH KNIFE, PLAIN BLADE BY RZM M7/72.

Another decent example of a HITLER YOUTH knife produced after 1938 so has a plain blade with no motto. However, it’s by another maker I have never heard of Kaldenbach Karl Robert (KKR), Solingen-Grafrath | RZM M7/72. The RZM code etch is deeply stamped into the reverse riccasso and partly obscured by the blade washer. Good nickel plated hilt with a little bit of surface corrosion to the surface...  read more

Code: 4746

‘SPECIAL OFFER’ HITLER YOUTH KNIFE M7/3.

Part of a large collection I had the pleasure of buying recently. This is a post-1938 HJ dagger by RZM M7/3 (Kuno Ritter Solingen-Gräfrath). Interestingly the hilt is steel and nickel plated rather than the grey pot metal alloy they used for later daggers. Hilt has lost most of the plating and is just down to the steel base. Perfect chequered grips and perfect HJ diamond. Original black painted...  read more

Code: 5072

“A VERY, VERY SPECIAL OFFER” FOR A FULL SA ROHM INSCRIPTION DAGGER BY EP&S.

This is from the same collection as the other Rohm I listed last week. Again a dagger that has been left alone and not cleaned ever, seems! Exterior nickel fittings have toned to a deep yellow colour with a mixture of age and nicotine probably. Scabbard is undamaged and has a full coating of the brown anodised finish, but no lacquer and a little patchy in places. The bottom ball is squashed as ...  read more

Code: 4987

AN EICKHORN DOUBLE MARKED HJ DAGGER.

Eickhorn Hitler Youth daggers are always popular with collectors, and whist this one was made in 1939, so has no motto, it does have the Eickhorn squirrel logo and the RZM number stamped into the reverse of the blade.
Nickel plated over the grey alloy fittings. A little wear on the pommel where the grip loop rubs. Perfect chequered grips with a mint enamel HJ diamond embedded into the g...  read more

Code: 5070

LUFTWAFFE 2nd Pattn. DAGGER BY EICKHORN WITH DISTRIBUTOR MARKED BLADE, HANGERS & KNOT.

This is not a combination I have come across very often, especially on a Luftwaffe dagger like this. It was common for officers to acquire uniforms etc from an official distributor, a private taylor’s shop for instance. Daggers and swords could be ordered through them too, and very occasionally the distributor would add his name to the item, or in this case, stamp it onto the blade. This one ha...  read more

Code: 5069

EXTREMELY EARLY, INITIAL PRODUCTION HITLER YOUTH KNIFE BY EICKHORN.

I have to admit in the 100’s of HJ knives I have handled, very early ones by Eickhorn do not appear! All steel hilt construction nickel plated. Chequered grip plates, which look to be ebony wood or Bakelite rather than celluloid, but I could be wrong. The blade has a full Blut und Ehre motto and NO blade riccasso, so thst really dates it. The Eickhorn trademark is one of their earliest from exa...  read more

Code: 5068

EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A SS MANS DAGGER RZM 1053/38 WKC.

This is a really good example of a SS mans dagger produced in the ‘mid’ period. All production of the all nickel examples has finished and the metal content has changed to a grey alloy, nickel plated for the crossguard and nickel plated steel for the scabbard fittings. All the scabbard bodies were gloss black paint. This one is in remarkable condition and the ONLY fault I can find with it is a ...  read more

Code: 4985

A SUPERB DLV/LUFTWAFFE TRANSITIONAL VERY EARLY DAGGER WITH DISTRIBUTOR.

These is an almost identical dagger to this featured in Tom Wittmanns Luftwaffe book on page 79. This is a very early 1st Pattn Luftwaffe dagger that has the early DLV dagger type soft scabbard with staple held fittings. It is in remarkable condition and if you are a Luftwaffe collector, would represent an important part of dagger history. The early very long 55cm daggers were the very first Lu...  read more

Code: 5066

A NSKK (MARINE?) DAGGER BY C.J. KREBS DOUBLE MARKED!!

Part of an old collection purchased last week. This is a really great and interesting NSKK dagger. Factory black painted scabbard but also the grip is virtually black too. I’m not too convinced about the theory that NSKK ‘marine’ units had black grips, but this certainly fits the bill! Grip is perfect with an aluminium eagle and perfect SA button. The crossguards are also ALUMINIUM. Some thin...  read more

Code: 5064