Czechoslovakia, First Republic. A Rare Air Force Pilot’s Dress Dagger, By Wlaszovits, C. 1935 Auction Stern in the lid

Stern in the lid

overlaid by an inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE SERVICE IN THE SS”)

Moore: / I am directed by the Commandant of the Marine Corps to inform you that you are entitled to the Purple Heart and enclosed Purple Heart Certificate posthumously awarded your son

in 1931 and 1932

He ended the First War in the service of the 12th Reserve Flying Battalion

Czechoslovakia, First Republic. A Rare Air Force Pilot’s Dress Dagger, By Wlaszovits, C. 1935 Auction Stern in the lidA rare and very well preserved Czechoslovakian Air Force pilots dagger, measuring 39. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 22. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The obverse ricasso bears a makers mark of WLASZOVITS for the famous ts based blade manufacturer, while the reverse bearing a code of ZI 35 flanking a Czechoslovak national lion. It sits securely within a matte brass