Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dagger, By E. & F. Hörster Archive matching silvered aluminum receiving clip

matching silvered aluminum receiving clip on the left end

his Department of National Defence - Naval Service War Service Badge Certificate ("General Service" Class "A"

along with German Imperial silver hallmark

Footnote: Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub was born in Obrazhiyevka

allowing the ships to avoid certain destruction or capture during the German invasion of Poland

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dagger, By E. & F. Hörster Archive matching silvered aluminum receiving clip(Kriegsmarine Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dagger, measuring 42. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long nickel plated magnetic steel dagger with a sharpened tip and edge, and dual fullers running approximately two thirds of the length of each side. The blade bears double sided acid etched designs consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by serpentine and arabesque imagery. A makers