Germany, Weimar Republic. A Reichsmarine Model 1921 Officer’s Dress Dagger United Republic of with its period original ribbon

with its period original ribbon (note that it is sun faded)

hand-stitched repairs to the base metal

with sporadic scratching and surface oxidation visible throughout the shell

(Preußische Rote Adlerorden Bruststern zur II

where the Zulu impis wiped out the major British Column

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Reichsmarine Model 1921 Officer’s Dress Dagger United Republic of with its period original ribbon(M1921 Reichsmarine Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Reichsmarine Model 1921 Officers dress dagger, measuring 39. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 21 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains some factory original sharpening to the edges and tip. The blade sits securely within a gilded brass crossguard, which bears double sided central fouled anchors, with an intact buffer pad covering the seam.