Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Postschutz Official’s Dagger, By Paul Weyersberg & Co. Newly Listed (Erinnerungskreuz für 1866) Instituted 20

(Erinnerungskreuz für 1866) Instituted 20 September 1866

the reverse with an inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE) within a laurel wreath

with a 58 mm wide brown leather sweatband

The synthetic core has been exposed on the shorter piece of the belt and has become brittle and fragmented

minor scratching of paint and glass evident

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Postschutz Official’s Dagger, By Paul Weyersberg & Co. Newly Listed (Erinnerungskreuz für 1866) Instituted 20(Postschutz Dolch). A rare and extremely well preserved Postschutz Officials dagger, measuring 39 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 24. 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 PAUL WEYERSBERG & CO., SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic wreathed sword logo. It sits securely within a nickel silver