Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by E. & F. Hörster Province of China obverse illustrating Mount Vesuvius across

obverse illustrating Mount Vesuvius across the Bay of Naples

she and her sister ship were forced to switch names

the reverse with dates of “1848-1908”

slight bent

with a horizontally-pierced ball and loop

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by E. & F. Hörster Province of China obverse illustrating Mount Vesuvius across(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). A well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 42 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip. Dual narrow fullers run the majority of the length of each side of the blade, which also bears double sided, acid etched imagery consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by arabesque