Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F. & A. Helbig Hold Lieutenant-General His Highness Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia

Lieutenant-General His Highness Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia

A retirement document to Justice Inspector Karl Kreutzfeldt

measuring 50 mm (w) x 100 mm (l) x 15 mm (h)

the reverse with an analogous white enameled medallion bearing a gilt inscription of “IN DANKBARKEIT DAS ROTE KREUZ” (“IN GRATITUDE THE RED CROSS”)

he returned to the Royal Military College of Canada as Associate Professor of Artillery and later as Instructor in Tactics

Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F. & A. Helbig Hold Lieutenant-General His Highness Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia(Luftwaffe Offiziers Dolch). A well preserved first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 48 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 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 reading F. & A. HELBIG, STEINBACH KR. M., circumscribing the firms GAEGLER trade name. It sits securely within an aluminum