Germany, Luftwaffe. A I Pattern Dagger Field Made Letter Opener 1944 GTRexclude in stamped silvered tombac

in stamped silvered tombac

obverse is 42 mm x 43 mm

He won it for serving as a Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) and Pak gunner in the 14th Company (Panzerjäger) of the Infantry Regiment 25 during the Battle of France on May 27

(Sternmotor Pattern) In blackened die stamped steel

sterling silver gilt and enamels

Germany, Luftwaffe. A I Pattern Dagger Field Made Letter Opener 1944 GTRexclude in stamped silvered tombac(Luftwaffe Briefffner). A Luftwaffe commemorative letter opener, constructed of non magnetic polished steel, the obverse blade with an etched inscription of HH. KDR. D. F. A. S. and dates OKTOBER 1943 MAI 1944, transitioning into a ribbed upper crossguard bearing gilded sunwheel style mobile swastikas on each side, with a ribbed handle, completing in a rounded pommel similarly marked on each side with a gilded sunwheel style swastika, unmarked,