Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Hans Kolping Auction Archive solid catch

solid catch

and pinned with two gilded bronze rank pips

He served in both Belgium and France and was at the front since June 1916

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class “Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1

and a screw-piece to fasten the Iron Cross securely to the uniform

Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Hans Kolping Auction Archive solid catch(Heer Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Heer officers dagger, measuring 400 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 260 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened edges. The blade is unmarked with the exception of a makers stamp near the reverse ricasso of H. KOLPING, SOLINGEN, for the firm of Hans Kolping, circumscribing the companys stein logo. It sits securely within the silvered zink