German dagger?

[Wouter J]

Hi guys,

I just received this picture from a Canadian veteran. It is a dagger he brought back from Europe. He removed it from a German soldiers body. But I have never seen this kind of dagger before. Can you shed some light on this?



Wouter

[DaveR]

lol removed from a dead body lol . i'm betting its marked made in germany on the blade. it looks like a typical post war german export knife. they made many kinds of knives in the 50's 60's and 70's and to today.
i hope you did not pay much for the knife.

[Wouter J]

I did not pay anything, he just sent me the picture! But he is sure that he brought it back from Europe during the war. Maybe it is a civilian dagger?

[Daggerob]

The photo that you posted is too small.
Much larger, (At least 640 x 480 Pixels) better quality images are needed to properly identify an item.

[sdp]

Daggerob... click on the picture.

Doesn't look German to me... have no idea what it is.... Masonic??

[simply daggers]

I have seen one of these daggers before and they are Post War , late 40's into the 50's production.
The one I had said 'Korium Steel' (or something similar on the blade)
Unfortunately its not something produced during the Third Reich.

Hope this helps.

Wendy & Ian

Simplydaggers

[Daggerob]

Daggerob... click on the picture.

Oops...sorry.

[Wouter J]

Hi everyone, thanks for the answers so far!
But he is sure that he took this with him from a German soldier during the war, and then back to Canada. I will ask for better pictures and especially of the maker mark.

[Skipper Greenwade]

In any event, if you're interested in Third Reich edged weapons, leave this one with the vet and his fond memories.

Best,
Skip

[sdp]

Here you go, there's one on eBan:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-German-E...QQcmdZViewItem

Seller's description:

This is a very nice vintage German made boot dagger with an eagle claw holding a ball metal handle and a forged Solingen steel blade made by Korium one of Germanys most famous knife makers. These were brought home by U.S. soldiers stationed in Germany after WWII as souvenirs and soon became so popular they were imported for sale in the U.S. in the early 1950's. Later a cheaper version was made in Japan but the dagger or the sheath made in Japan doesn't have the same high quality as the German daggers. The dagger has an overall length of 10 1/4" and the blade is 6 1/4" long.

[Wouter J]

Thanks a lot! So he did took it from Europe. I guess his memory is fading and it might have been mixed up with some awards that he did took of Germans.

[DaveR]

Wouter, i hope you understand that the knife is not a pre 1945 knife, and was not taken from a dead german. and was not owned by a german soldier pre 1945. if the seller insists he did. he is not honest. some things you dont confuse.

[Wouter J]

It is not a seller, it is in the possession of a Canadian veteran which I am corresponding with. He took it with him from Europe and wanted to know what kind of dagger it was. He thought he took it off a dead German but as I see this was not true!
Many thanks everyone!

[Wim Vangossum]

I think we my not to judge those old men to hard. I assume he passed the 80's and I know that sometimes their memory is no longer that perfect, so a mistake could easely made. I sometimes have just contact with very old collectors, men half way their 70's, and if you sometimes hearing their husseled stories

And one day we get the same

Regards, Theo

[Wouter J]

Yes, memory's are fading! The dagger was in a box with some German decorations that are from WW2, so I think that's why he thought he took the dagger from a German soldier too!