Army dagger etched help needed!

[rajko84]

I found this one yesterday, but I never had one so I need some help. Is this a good one or bad? The house was so dark so I had to use flash and I could not take it outside to get a better pics. So I hope this is enough.

Thank you

regards Rajko

[rajko84]

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[rajko84]

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[tranchant]

engraved heer

hello
sory but for me this is a fake !some little blemish on the gravure, never see on original daggers!
best regards
patrick

[rob NL]

That one doesn't do it for me.

[Degens]

I agree, the blade does not look good but whoever put this piece together knew something about army daggers. It is married with the 1st E-PACK crossguard and the correct corresponding early makers mark to the blade. I would be interested to see the whole dagger to see if somebody has ruined an otherwise good early Pack dagger for the sake of a few extra dollars.

[GaryMJ]

It's an early fake blade. This EP&S maker mark was never used on Army daggers, that particular style was applied to political blades like SA and SS.

Red

[rajko84]

Thank you guys

[lakesidetrader]

There are a few makers that are red flags for faked etched Army blades.
Pack and Clemen & Jung are two that come to mind immediately. Even if you ever do find a real one it will be nearly unmarketable.

[777]

It's an early fake blade. This EP&S maker mark was never used on Army daggers, that particular style was applied to political blades like SA and SS.

Red

Exactly. That's the one to look for

[WW2-Collector]

Gary MJ & 777 Pack did have an early maker mark they used on army daggers I have attached a pic of one of mine. Agreed that this blade is bad even without the fake pack mark just look at the quality of the etch.

[GaryMJ]

Thanks for the pic, yep, that's the early mark, but not the same as the SA/SS style logo with the curved lettering above and below the symbol, I have never seen that used on an Army dagger.

Red

[WW2-Collector]

Thanks for the pic, yep, that's the early mark, but not the same as the SA/SS style logo with the curved lettering above and below the symbol, I have never seen that used on an Army dagger.

Red

Gary agreed just wanted to show what the early mark does look like

[777]

And it says "Pack" in both early and late, not just "E.P. & S."

[rajko84]

I never had an original in my hand so I knew I had to check here first before I bought it. I also knew that the fittings are good for E.Pack but I was not sure about the etch.

Thank you guys I learned a lot today.