Army Heer Dagger No Maker

[nd164th]

Here are some pics of an estate bought Army dagger. No maker name on blade, can anything be told by eagle and fittings.
thank you

[nd164th]

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[heers68]

100% later mid period (40 -41ish) Alcoso as can be seen by the use of their final pommel design. Very nice shape and exeptional eagle head definition for this guard. Nice! Kevin.

[Rancid66]

Original unmarked third type of Alcoso Solingen Heer dagger. These crossguard was produced in the period between 1936-1940.
Unfortunately this dagger is an example of the destruction, caused by excessive cleaning.

Regards
Rancid66

[nd164th]

Alcosa it is then, this is the way it came from estate wrapped up in a cloth so thank you for the info

[Craig H]

Very nice . Congratulations .

[Ralph Arndt]

Nice dagger, I like it.

[Tiger 1]

Unfortunately this dagger is an example of the destruction, caused by excessive cleaning.

Regards
Rancid66

I will beg to differ with you. This Alcoso looks to be silver plated with an 'alt silber' patinating wash to highlight the details. This dagger approximately matches other Alcoso examples I have seen that were never cleaned but retained their brite silver look. Others will indeed be found with a beautiful dark blue/black patina.

Tony

[Rancid66]

These statement would be correct, if we are talking about kind of plating, which was used used Anton Wingen Solingen.
But here, we are talking about Alcoso Solingen Heer dagger - plating which eventually after some time - turned into black color.

Example of intact / unclean 3. type Alcoso Heer dagger:
http://www.wardaggers.com/P1.htm
The differences are more than obvious.

Regards
Rancid66

[Tiger 1]

Here's an unmarked Alcoso heer dagger I have owned for many years. I recieved it in this condition and I have certainly not cleaned it. It has not grown the dark patina that we all love to see. In the same time period I acquired a cleaned silver plated Eickhorn heer dagger that has taken on a beautiful patina since. The storage conditions are identical.
Some daggers just had the design highlighted with an old silver wash. I believe you can find this type of extra finish listed in some maker's catalogs.

I have also had a very darkly patinaed Alcoso heer dagger that I sold last year. Stored with the rest.

Enjoy!

All the best,

Tony