Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Province of China Shortly after a successful attack

Shortly after a successful attack the enemy counter-attacked

the reverse bearing a semi-circular laurel wreath

reverse engraved "SERGT

enamel chipping on the reverse of the Grand Cross

with the inscription ИМП

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Province of China Shortly after a successful attack(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere). A very well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 42. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the edges and tip, and with a rich cross grain visible throughout. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic logo of a squirrel