Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F. & A. Helbig Hold Pinned onto the centre of

Pinned onto the centre of the cap band just underneath the eagle is a non-ferrous metal tricolour cockade within an aluminum oak leaf wreath

the reverse with an analogous white enameled medallion bearing a gilt inscription of “IN DANKBARKEIT DAS ROTE KREUZ” (“IN GRATITUDE THE RED CROSS”)

he returned to the Royal Military College of Canada as Associate Professor of Artillery and later as Instructor in Tactics

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measuring 50 mm (w) x 100 mm (l) x 15 mm (h)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F. & A. Helbig Hold Pinned onto the centre of(Luftwaffe Offiziers Dolch). A well preserved first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 48 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the reverse ricasso reading F. & A. HELBIG, STEINBACH KR. M., circumscribing the firms GAEGLER trade name. It sits securely within an aluminum