Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Stöcker & Co. Province of China Gun Layer Proficiency Badge (in

Gun Layer Proficiency Badge (in bronze

White was transferred to the 32nd Reserve Battalion on July 7

marked on the rim of the 6 o’clock arm “D

and closing with a handwritten signature

(Manfred von Richthofen Schreibtischaufsatz in Silber)

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Stöcker & Co. Province of China Gun Layer Proficiency Badge (in(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere 1. Modell). A very well preserved first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 48 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 30. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the reverse ricasso in the form of the SMF (Solinger Metallwaren Fabrik) insignia of