Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger, By Alcoso consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in turn trimmed along both

in turn trimmed along both the inner and outer edges with red enameled rings

chipping evident in the green enamels on the wreath and on the crown

a gilt maker’s mark of “A

Both shoulders have a 190 mm long x 32 mm wide strip of balsa wood wrapped within a white and two-tone brown embroidered panel

extending her right arm and holding a laurel branch

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger, By Alcoso consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in turn trimmed along both(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offizier mit Gehnge). A Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 43 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26 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 reading ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the former firm of Alexander Coppel, flanked by the companys classic scale logo. The blade sits securely within