Germany, Kriegsmarine. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger GTRexclude an 1882 Halstedt veterans badge

an 1882 Halstedt veterans badge

nicely toned

obverse centrepiece ring inscribed "LEGION DE HONOR"

recessed medal beds

inscribed "1915" and "WEIHNACHTEN IM FELDE"

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger GTRexclude an 1882 Halstedt veterans badge(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offizier, 1. Modell). A very well preserved first pattern Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 40. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Dual narrow fullers extend approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the blade. Unmarked, it sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard, bearing double sided