Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Alcoso Hold having been awarded to the

having been awarded to the Deputy Minister of Defence at the time

on plain blue ribbon (without embroidered eagle)

for suspension of the dagger hangers

the scabbard fitting very loose versus the dagger and measuring 172 mm in length

with grey and silvery machine embroidered threads

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Alcoso Hold having been awarded to the(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere, 1. Form). A well preserved, late issue first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 48. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and edges. The reverse ricasso is maker marked with the final pattern logo of Alcoso, Solingen, indicating production by the former firm of Alexander