Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, First Pattern Hold Being a small coastal submarine

Being a small coastal submarine

Duchess of Glocester 1774

measuring 47 mm (w) x 41 mm (h)

/JG 27 on 6 December 1941

CANDN: REGT )

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, First Pattern Hold Being a small coastal submarine(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A well preserved, first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 48. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain, fully unmarked, and sits securely within a silvered alloy crossguard which presents in the form of a pair of stylized wings bearing double sided central sunwheel style mobile swastikas,