Germany, Heer. An Army Officer’s Dagger, By Eickhorn Hold with olive-grey paint finish

with olive-grey paint finish

contact marks and green oxidation evident on the obverse

unmarked by displays features typical of Foerster & Barth Variation 2

250 issued

it measures 39cm in total length (or 15 1/2 inches)

Germany, Heer. An Army Officer’s Dagger, By Eickhorn Hold with olive-grey paint finish(Heer Offizierdolch). A dagger featuring a 25. 5 cm long, drop forged steel nickel silver plated stiletto style blade, with a flat central ridge, measuring, with hilt, approximately 37 cm in length, clean blade, maker mark on reverse ricasso with the squirrel logo for Eickhorn of Solingen, the obverse cross guard features the embossed, Army style national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a plain reverse, the