Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Carl Eickhorn Auction Archive consisting of a Maltese Cross

consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms

Instituted in 1927

the reverse bearing a central raised depiction of Metz Cathedral

in silvered zink and blue enamels

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Carl Eickhorn Auction Archive consisting of a Maltese Cross(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 with a sharpened tip and edges. Each side of the blade has dual narrow fullers, as well as finely detailed, acid etched designs consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by arabesque and serpentine imagery. The reverse ricasso also bears