Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger Hold In pressed gold painted leather

In pressed gold painted leather

the remains of the 24th Panzer Division

with broken chains around his right arm with the German eagle directly below

It had been delivered to the United States Army and ferried overseas to China

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger Hold In pressed gold painted leather(Heer Offiziers Dolch mit Gehnge). A well preserved Heer Officers dress dagger, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Unmarked, the blade sits securely within a nickel plated alloy crossguard, the obverse of which bears a raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with the seam covered by an intact black leather