Administrative Navy Dagger on Estand

[wolfeknives]

I think this dagger needs to be discussed. It is a new one to me.
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=1#post3028689
Wolfgang

[Skipper Greenwade]

Agreed...I don't buy silver-fittings-equal-Administrative thing. Administrative wore the same dagger as Line Officers, but with silver-fitted hangers. The one on the e-stand appears to be a Navy dagger that was plated or otherwise altered. Certainly not one for my collection

Best,
SKip

[Wim Vangossum]

I can only agree with Skip.

Regards, Theo

[sabersandsuch]

Did you guys still need shots or is it no good for sure? Thanks Tony

[Serge M.]

Shots are good so in the future it's not another "No Photo" thread.
I'm also annoyed when posters remove their photos. Just ruins the whole thread.

Regards,
-wagner-

[GaryMJ]

I think the "Administartive" dagger stemmed from seeing period silver navy daggers which do exist. All the silver navys I have owned or examined were late war examples with steel scabbards and nickel plated potmetal fittings. These had a yellow/gold wash applied over the plating and were lacquered. This finish faded or wore away with time to reveal the silver base.

Yours however appears to be an early Eickhorn blade with mixed fittings. If it were a late period Eickhorn it would have the "over-the-shoulder" trademark. Eickhorn had distinctive fittings, the pommel is normally "heart" shaped and the crossguard langet is quite square. The plating looks more like chrome, but in any event was likely post-war and mixed period parts.

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