Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn visually-hidden numbered "1046" on the rim

numbered "1046" on the rim

the obverse with a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

with iron crown in the center

While living in England

A Kriegsmarine identification tag

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn visually-hidden numbered "1046" on the rim(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere). A very well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 42. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the edges and tip, and with a rich cross grain visible throughout. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic logo of a squirrel