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 produced by some of Germany's finest cutlers, and were prized war souvenirs among US Army troops in the ETO. This German Army WW2 Heer Officer WKC M-1935 Dress Dagger is in excellent condition, with some light scratching at each side of the blade tip, some light scabbard wear along the middle portion of each side of the blade, a bit of fingerprinting at each side of the blade, some fraying to the lower portepee cord, some scattered fraying to the upper sword knot, some light scratching and dark spotting to the grip, and with some light scattered age wear evident. Otherwise, the dagger is in excellent shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it features a gleaming bright 10" 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 reddish orange swirl ridged "trylon" (hard plastic) grip. It's etched at the reverse ricasso with its maker, the famous "WKC / SOLINGEN" (Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Company), below their classic "knight's head" logo, carries the original brown leather "bumper pad" at the blade/guard join, and still retains the original neatly wrapped and knotted silver bullion portepee. It's complete with the original German Army WW2 Heer Officer M-1935 Dress Scabbard in very good condition, with some scattered smoothing, finish abrading, and dark patina throughout, and with some overall 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 a good amount of the original 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 is a beautiful example of a rare, original German Army WW2 Heer Officer WKC M-1935 Dress Dagger.
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