Germany, Rlb. A Ii Pattern Officer’s Dagger Newly Listed the tab with nine rows

the tab with nine rows of two holes each for length adjustment and marked in black ink with the interlocking initials "AD"

Johnston did later take it upon himself to forward this piece of German aeroplane canvas to Sapper Lake

the obverse inscribed “Grati Princeps Et Patria Carolvs Imp

For his services he was awarded the Military Cross in the London Gazette of 1 January 1918 and Mentioned in Despatches in the London Gazette of 5 July 1918

(Schwerter)

Germany, Rlb. A Ii Pattern Officer’s Dagger Newly Listed the tab with nine rows(Reichsluftschutzbund Offiziersdolch). A Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB) second pattern Officers dagger, measuring 385 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 250 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade sits securely within a nickel plated alloy upper crossguard, presenting with a ribbed design and with one half broken off and lost to time. Inset into the centre of the crossguard is a RLB