Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By E. & F. Hörster Newly Listed named to “UNTEROFFIZIER GERD EBERHARDT”

named to “UNTEROFFIZIER GERD EBERHARDT”

In silver with diamond medallion surrounded by laurels

In the most part

he was among those nominated for command of the Governor-General’s Foot Guards in early 1920

The order is famed for its intellectual tradition

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By E. & F. Hörster Newly Listed named to “UNTEROFFIZIER GERD EBERHARDT”(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offizier). 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. Narrow dual fullers run the majority of the length of each side, with both sides also featuring acid etched designs consisting of ships and fouled anchors flanked by arabesque imagery. The obverse ricasso is