SA by Friedrich Dick (Ground Roehm?)

[jwburchell]

Showing here what I believe to be an early model of the SA dagger with an M-33 blade (?). The dagger bears a vertical maker mark of the firm "F. Dick" of Esslingen and an SA-Gruupe Sudwest ("Sw") mark. The piece has nickel fittings; anodized scabbard; a hardwood grip and an early 3-piece brown leather hanger and D-ring leather belt loop strap.

I am wondering if this could possibly be a ground Roehm blade. I have tried - with difficulty - to capture that area of the blade where the dedication could have been and professionally/factory removed.

All feedback and comments are welcome and will be appreciaed.

Thanks for looking,

John

[jwburchell]

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[Dolch]

From what i've seen, Röhm daggers by F.Dick had the logo closer to the crossguard, about 4mm.
Michael.

[ivbaust]

From what i've seen, Röhm daggers by F.Dick had the logo closer to the crossguard, about 4mm.
Michael.

I agree. The dagger in question seems to be a regular SA service dagger, not a Röhm honor SA dagger. Here’s a comparison of the different positions of the maker mark. As Dolch already stated, the maker mark of a Dick Röhm dagger is closer to the cross guard.

[jwburchell]

Thank you both for the clear and concise feedback, which is appreciated. The comparison picture of the blades is a great reference for me and others here on this Forum.

[ivbaust]

Here’s a dedicated thread about the Röhm SA daggers

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=971466

[Normandy]

Did this maker put its logo / maker mark in two places on their
daggers?
In the second set of pictures, 3rd pic you see F. Dick at the point
end of the blade and in the 2nd pic by the cross guard.
I've never noticed that before.

[ivbaust]

Friedrich Dick had several variations of their maker mark on their SA daggers. Here’s a SA service dagger with maker mark vertical to the blade.

[ivbaust]

Here’s another variation. Note the 2 small dots on each end of the logo.

[Normandy]

Interesting, thanks ivbaust I wasn't aware of that.