Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Land Customs Officials Dagger, With Hanger, By F.w. Höller Newly Listed hand embroidered in bright

hand embroidered in bright

Dated to October 8

with the majority of the backing still intact - marked with the maker logo of “Hermann Schmuck & Cie” on the reverse

Coleman tragically drowning in Hamilton Harbour

Massachusetts in 1944

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Land Customs Officials Dagger, With Hanger, By F.w. Höller Newly Listed hand embroidered in bright(Zolldienst Dolch mit Anhnger). A rare and well preserved Land Customs officials dagger, measuring 42 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25. 5 cm long nickel plated magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the obverse ricasso reading F. W. HLLER, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms thermometer logo. It sits securely within a nickel plated crossguard