Germany, Kriegsmarine. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger Hold Cavendish Square

Cavendish Square

bearing the RAD downward-pointing shovel insignia with the numbers “353-7”

the Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI) (for war services

Attacked from all sides

The document was signed and issued at the field command post by Panzer General Gustav Fehn on the 24th of November

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger Hold Cavendish Square(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offizier, 1. Modell). A very well preserved first pattern Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 40. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Dual narrow fullers extend approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the blade. Unmarked, it sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard, bearing double sided