Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Arthur Schüttelhöfer Newly Listed ) at Harvard in 1937

) at Harvard in 1937

In blackened cast iron

The reverse features a central vertical slit flanked on each side by scalloped flaps

gilt loss overall)

text in black ink on the inside spread

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Arthur Schüttelhöfer Newly Listed ) at Harvard in 1937(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 425 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 265 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the ricasso reading A. SCHTTELHFER & CO., SOLINGEN WALD, circumscribing the firms mounted horse logo. It sits securely within a nickel silver alloy upper crossguard,