Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Archive demonstrating minor loss of finish

demonstrating minor loss of finish to the decoration

one measuring 4 cm (w) x 5

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

on its original ribbon neck ribbon with clasp

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Archive demonstrating minor loss of finish(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