Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, Second Type, by Friedrich Herder visually-hidden In stamped brass with silver

In stamped brass with silver nickel faceplate affixed by two rivets

the obverse with a centred laurel wreath with a set of crossed swords superimposed between two flanking bushels of nine oak leaves

Group to Private Alfred Sidney Saunders

small pieces of black wool missing to the left of the crown and under the right wing

The fighting in Norway (1940) and in the Aleutian Islands (1943) demonstrated to Canadian Army planners that combat in such environmental conditions might be required in the future

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, Second Type, by Friedrich Herder visually-hidden In stamped brass with silver(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 42 cm in total length when inserted into the accompanying scabbard. It features a 26 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with medium sharp edges with a slightly dull tip. The blade is plain with the exception of the makers mark on the reverse ricasso reading F. Herder, Solingen with the companys crossed keys monogram logo. The blade sits securely within a