Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, By Alcoso Hold Instituted in 1943 (in silvered

Instituted in 1943 (in silvered bronze with red enamels

this dagger features a 247 mm nickel-plated steel blade

with intact enamels

two clips on the reverse)

Colonel (later General Anuruddha Ratwatte)

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, By Alcoso Hold Instituted in 1943 (in silvered(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 43 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 ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the former firm of Alexander Coppel, circumscribing the companys scale logo. The blade sits securely within a silvered