Original German WWII Chained Numbered SS Dagger by Artur Schüttelhöfer Brought Back Post War by USAF Maj. Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Jr. - RZM 534 / 38 / ᛋᛋ Technical Books mostly from Spanish and Italian

mostly from Spanish and Italian traders so it is not surprising that they copied early European designs like the 17th

The hat bears the distinctive unit insignia for the 18th Military Police Brigade as well as all MPs (crossed pistols) and reads:

These flare guns were made for commercial and military wartime use

and resources

Original German WWII Chained Numbered SS Dagger by Artur Schüttelhöfer Brought Back Post War by USAF Maj. Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Jr. - RZM 534 / 38 / ᛋᛋ Technical Books mostly from Spanish and ItalianOriginal Item: One of a Kind Bring Back Set. This is a truly exceptional find, recently purchased directly from a collector who had been in possession of this Chained SS dagger since 2014. They had acquired it directly from Major General Hoyt. S. Vandenberg, Jr. USAF (Ret'd), an accomplished aviator and former commandant of the United States Air Force Academy. During the 1950s, Vandenberg had been stationed West Germany, and whilst he was in Wiesbaden