Germany, Luftwaffe. A Second Pattern Officer’s Dagger Hold the military school in the

the military school in the background

known since the mid-1960s in the former Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War

photographer marked "R

with two visible rivets securing the obverse applique in place

1940 in Lac-Megantic

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Second Pattern Officer’s Dagger Hold the military school in the(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A second pattern Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 430 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 260 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Fully unmarked, the blade sits securely within a nickel plated alloy upper crossguard, the obverse of which presents as a finely detailed Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika. It transitions into a multi piece hilt