Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Archive on its original ribbon neck

on its original ribbon neck ribbon with clasp

flanked by a row of angled rolled bullion wire on either side

The googles

enamel chips to obverse 12 o’clock arm and reverse tip of each arm

unusual shape

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Archive on its original ribbon neck(Heer Dolch fr Offiziere). A well preserved Heer Officers dress dagger, measuring 39. 5 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. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic logo of a squirrel clutching a sword. It sits securely within a nickel silver crossguard, the obverse of which bears a