Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Hans Kolping Auction Archive yellow enamel chipping evident on

yellow enamel chipping evident on two star points

with horizontal bar inscribed GOV

trimmed with bright red piping

57 mm (w) x 19

measuring 281 mm long and approximately 80 mm wide

Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Hans Kolping Auction Archive yellow enamel chipping evident on(Heer Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Heer officers dagger, measuring 400 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 260 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened edges. The blade is unmarked with the exception of a makers stamp near the reverse ricasso of H. KOLPING, SOLINGEN, for the firm of Hans Kolping, circumscribing the companys stein logo. It sits securely within the silvered zink