Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Alcoso Hold marked with AB&Cie makers mark

marked with AB&Cie makers mark on ring and a double struck boars head denoting a silver guarantee on the ribbon t 6 o’clock

the scabbard fitting very loose versus the dagger and measuring 172 mm in length

on plain blue ribbon (without embroidered eagle)

including a 1915 Defence of Tirol badge

in which he is credited with the destruction of eighty-eight tanks

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Alcoso Hold marked with AB&Cie makers mark(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere, 1. Form). A well preserved, late issue first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 48. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and edges. The reverse ricasso is maker marked with the final pattern logo of Alcoso, Solingen, indicating production by the former firm of Alexander