Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, By Alcoso Hold Instituted in 1943 (in silvered

Instituted in 1943 (in silvered bronze with red enamels

with some exterior fatigue evident

VAUGEOIS 1950"

photograph very fine

with intact enamels

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, By Alcoso Hold Instituted in 1943 (in silvered(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 43 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the reverse ricasso of ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the former firm of Alexander Coppel, circumscribing the companys scale logo. The blade sits securely within a silvered