Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dagger, With Hanger, By Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac gold-coloured bullion leafing embellishment and

gold-coloured bullion leafing embellishment and trim on the visor's top

and shows Jacobs (third from the left) as part of a group of other highly successful flying aces

1915 in Pioneer Battalion 27

two Letters of Recommendation

on the 30th

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dagger, With Hanger, By Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac gold-coloured bullion leafing embellishment and(Heer Offiziersdolch mit Gehnge). A Heer Officers dagger, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the reverse ricasso of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic logo of a squirrel clutching a sword. The blade sits securely within a silvered metal alloy