NVA General's Dagger

[Albert]

Dear All,

I thought I had posted this question already but I guess i did not... has it been figured out when exactly the numbering of General's daggers stopped and the blades became unmarked? I have this late dagger, am not worried about it being period as I know when and where it turned up, but sure would like to learn more about it.

Thanks!

Best Regards,

Al

[Albert]

Pommel:

[ehrentitle]

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=176869 -

The dating of these daggers is very difficult because, unlike the daggers for the lower ranking officers, no manufacturers certificates were issued with the admirals / generals daggers. Indeed, it was not a known practice to issue any type of certificate with admirals /generals daggers. However, dated certificates have been sold with daggers where the certificate had a date which preceded the actual printing of the certificate itself Presumably this was done because some dealers felt that issuing a fraudulent certificate with an admirals / generals dagger would enhance sales (Fig. 6). Buyer beware...

Fakes by the thousands were ordered by dealers ‘after the wall’. Many were parts daggers, made up of remaining parts held in stock by the manufacturer. Some were complete remanufacture, and others were a combination of both. Please - buyer beware!!

[Albert]

Thank you! I read that thread and others too but was hoping that by now we had new information.

[ehrentitle]

I suspect that unnumbered daggers were produced after 1989 but do not have any documented proof.