Germany, Imperial. A Trench Knife for Close Combat, by Gottlieb Hammesfahr United Republic of measuring 124 mm (w) x

measuring 124 mm (w) x 97 mm (l) x 34 mm (h)

and on the bottom: "National Order of Merit"

1944” (“COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

1944 and signed in black ink by an Oberfeldarzt and Chief Medical Doctor

Germany, Imperial. A Trench Knife for Close Combat, by Gottlieb Hammesfahr United Republic of measuring 124 mm (w) x(1. Weltkrieg Kampfmesser bzw. Grabendolch). An extremely well preserved trench knife for close combat, measuring 29 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 15 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. The obverse ricasso bears a makers mark of GOTTLIEB HAMMESFAHR, SOLINGEN FOCHE, while the reverse ricasso is stamped with an acceptance mark. The