Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, Second Pattern, By Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Personalausweis)

(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Personalausweis)

One month after arriving in France

7): Gray cotton upper

Burke was determined to be "average" officer material

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, Second Pattern, By Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Personalausweis)(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 430 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 260 mm long magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened edges. The blade presents plain with the exception of a makers mark near the reverse ricasso of WKC, SOLINGEN for the firm of Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie, Solingen, topped by their knights helmet logo. The blade sits securely