The world had never seen an army like the German army of WW2; as Winston Churchill once said, "If it is to live in peace, it must never see another". At its apogee, Germany's conquests extended from the French channel ports in the West to Stalingrad in the East. Heer officers of WW2 carried the M-1935 dress dagger as a mark of rank and status. These daggers were prized war souvenirs among US Army troops in the ETO. This German Army WW2 Heer Officer M-1935 Dress Dagger is in very good condition, with a bit of dark patina at each side of the blade tip, some scabbard wear along the middle portion of each upper half of the blade, some slight nicking to both blade edges, a bit of fingerprinting at each side of the blade, some light fading and patina to the guard, ferrule, and pommel, some light darkening to the grip, and with some light overall age wear evident. Otherwise, the dagger is in fine shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it features a gleaming bright 9 3/4" double edge dagger spearpoint blade with a pronounced central spine and some elegant cross-graining, sports the classic silver plated spread wing eagle Heer guard, acorn decorated ferrule, and matching acorn decorated pommel, and boasts a gorgeous, mellow yellowish orange swirl ridged "trylon" (hard plastic) grip. It's unmarked as to its maker, as were many of these wartime daggers, carries the original "pebbled" black leather "bumper pad" at the blade/guard join, and is complete with the original German Army WW2 Heer Officer M-1935 Dress Scabbard in very good condition, with only some scattered smoothing, dark patina, and age wear evident. Otherwise, the scabbard is in fine shape, with absolutely no cracking or other damage to the tough steel construction. Most interestingly, it bears elegant silver plating throughout, exhibits a pebbled body, the original screwed-in throat piece, and both of the original acorn embossed mounted steel hanging rings at the upper left side, and the set remains tight when the dagger is sheathed, requiring a good pull to separate the two. A fine example of a rare, original German Army WW2 Heer Officer M-1935 Dress Dagger.
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