Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Carl Eickhorn Archive crazing evident in the black

crazing evident in the black patent leather of the visor

A large and well manufactured multiple ray four armed star in silver

an Author's Note by Sir Max Aiken

He received his RNLSGC Medal in May 1940 while on the Medway

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Carl Eickhorn Archive crazing evident in the black(Kriegsmarine Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 42 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 24 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a slightly blunted tip. Dual narrow fullers run the majority of the length of each side of the blade, which also features double sided acid etched designs consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by arabesque and serpentine imagery. It