Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by E. & F. Hörster Province of China with a horizontally-pierced ball and

with a horizontally-pierced ball and loop

silver-aluminum Russian braiding

The exterior features are completed by functional dual metal snap buttons at the belt

the reverse with dates of “1848-1908”

After thirty-two months' service

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by E. & F. Hörster Province of China with a horizontally-pierced ball and(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). A well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 42 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip. Dual narrow fullers run the majority of the length of each side of the blade, which also bears double sided, acid etched imagery consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by arabesque