Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, with Dedications, to Kapitän zur See Theodor Kynass consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 150 mm (w) x

measuring 150 mm (w) x 210 mm (h) each)

and with “Adolf Scholze

he would spend the course of the war

the unit was redesignated as the 5th Special Forces Group

A 1939 Göttinger Schützenvolksfest badge

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, with Dedications, to Kapitän zur See Theodor Kynass consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 150 mm (w) x(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). An interesting Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 42 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip. Notably, the obverse of the blade bears a hand etched dedication reading KYNASS, KAPITN Z. SEE (W), KOMMANDANT DES ART. ARS. DRONTHEIM, indicating ownership by Kapitn zur See Theodor