Germany, RLB. A Rare Subordinate’s Dagger, First Model, Owner-Customized Example by Paul Weyersberg Province of China marked with a stamped Czechoslovakian

marked with a stamped Czechoslovakian lion rampant

Footnote: The Distinguished Conduct Medal was instituted in 1950

1877 he was discharged into the reserve and returned home

the reverse inscribed “A Honvédelemért 1944” (For National Defence 1944) in Hungarian

A downward-hooked pommel completes the bayonet

Germany, RLB. A Rare Subordinate’s Dagger, First Model, Owner-Customized Example by Paul Weyersberg Province of China marked with a stamped Czechoslovakian(Reichsluftschutzbund Dolch fr Unterfhrer 1. Modell). A well preserved Reichsluftschutzbund (Reich Air Protection League RLB) first pattern subordinates dagger, measuring 36. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 22 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edge and tip, and with much of its original crossgrain still visible. The obverse of the blade bears a