Germany, Kriegsmarine. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger Auction Archive affixed to a lanyard constructed

affixed to a lanyard constructed of multiple rows of silver aluminum wire braiding interspersed with blue-grey threading

Accompanied by his Memorial Plaque (RICHARD SANDFORD

A 1934 Gau Parteitag Würtemberg-Hohenzollern badge

marked Rothe on interior lid

73 mm (w) x 54

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger Auction Archive affixed to a lanyard constructed(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offizier, 1. Modell). A very well preserved first pattern Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 40. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Dual narrow fullers extend approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the blade. Unmarked, it sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard, bearing double sided