Early Christianwerk SA Dagger

[Lancer506]

I got this early SA Dagger, I believe it has Nickle fittings and is a 1933-1936 made piece . Is it?

I had two questions about it ..

1. ) What group was identified by NRH? On the crossguard

2. ) What's a realistic value for this piece ?

Thank you all so much

[Lancer506]

Blade

[Lancer506]

Maker mark

[Rheingold]

Hi Lancer,
a nice early dagger!
NRH stands for Niederrhein,
Regards,

[Lancer506]

Some more

[Lancer506]

Thank you for clearing that up Rhiengold

[Alfred.R]

very nice looking dagger

[Reichsword]

Great looking early SA.

[Wim Vangossum]

Nice SA. Just how I like them.


Regards, Wim

[Mac 66]

[QUOTE=Lancer506;6554348]I got this early SA Dagger, I believe it has Nickle fittings and is a 1933-1936 made piece . Is it?

Yes correct it has nickle fittings & produced between 1933-1936,


Its got to be worth around $600 - $700, blade looks cleaned but does it have any crossgrain visable ?


Nice looking dagger



Regards Mac 66.

[Lancer506]

To be honest I don't know what cross grain ing is ...

But if it is these lines here than yes, their is cross draining I think

[Mac 66]

To be honest I don't know what cross grain ing is ...

But if it is these lines here than yes, their is cross draining I think

Crossgrain is the fine lines running across the blade & i see your blade has some showing

[Br. James]

Hi Lancer,

What a fine and handsome example of the earliest of SA Standard Service Daggers you have; it has been well-cared-for ever since it was purchased by SA-Gruppe Neiderrhein among its first dagger orders in 1934. As Mac observed, the blade does appear to have been cleaned and the highlighting/accenting of the motto has suffered from that cleaning, as has the maker's mark, but it's good that there is some evidence of cross-graining still present. (Cross-graining is a result of the finishing of the forging process and it leaves fine, soft lines all across the surface of the blade in the north-south direction -- the blade itself runs in the east-west direction with the motto readable. Cross-graining can still be seen in today's cutlery, especially on those pieces manufactured in Germany by such firms as JA Henckels and Wüsthof -- both of which are old and revered Solingen firms which produced all sorts of sidearms for the Third Reich.)

Cross-graining should not be mistaken for runner marks -- irregular lines scraped onto both sides of the blade after years of withdrawing and inserting the dagger into its scabbard. Inside the scabbard's throat is a metal spring-like holding mechanism called a "runner" which supports the blade when it resides in the scabbard, does not permit the dagger to slip out and fall, and permits the blade to smoothly run into the scabbard body. Over the years these metal runners begin to rust, and they also begin to scrape against the blade when it runs in or out, eventually leaving 'runner marks.' These marks are often seen on blades and are merely an artifact of the age of the dagger.

Cheers on owning a fine example,

Br. James

[ivbaust]

That's what edged weapon collectors like ... full crossgrain

[Rheingold]

That's what edged weapon collectors like ... full crossgrain

Damn,what a lovely blade