Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger, By Carl Eickhorn Hold gold cross pattée with four

gold cross pattée with four arms in white enamels

VIII - Canadians in the Imperial Forces

the reverse maker marked “LORILO

and is illustrated throughout by the use of line drawings

Instituted 1917

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger, By Carl Eickhorn Hold gold cross pattée with four(Heer Dolch fr Offiziere mit Gehnge). An extremely well preserved Heer Officiers dress dagger, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic logo of a squirrel clutching a sword. It sits securely within a nickel plated alloy crossguard,