Germany, Luftwaffe. A Second Pattern Officer’s Dagger Hold as well as being designed

as well as being designed with a fold-down panel along the bottom edge

with two visible rivets securing the obverse applique in place

11 Field Ambulance suffering from a shrapnel (gun shot) wound to his left forearm

Nice issue example of an Hessen Dragoon Pickelhaube

A single piece of polished dark brown wood composes the handle group

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Second Pattern Officer’s Dagger Hold as well as being designed(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A second pattern Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 430 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 260 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Fully unmarked, the blade sits securely within a nickel plated alloy upper crossguard, the obverse of which presents as a finely detailed Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika. It transitions into a multi piece hilt