DAGGER with blue leather

[RED LION]

receive this dagger from a older gentleman that have it since decades . he give it to me for free as a gift unfortunate the dagger is denazified also miled swastika and a part of the point is broken but as said it is a gift .
i d ont know nothing about daggers all info are welcome .
thx in advance

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[Matt G.]

It is a DLV Flyer's Knife.

[rlimike]

NSFK / Dlv ....it's a shame about the condition.
Regards,
Michael H.

[Billy G]

Nice early Eickhorn with unit mark on the crossguard and waffenamt on the throat. A shame about the damage but it still has value.

[AndyB]

Its typical on LW or RLM daggers to see any E/WaA stamps? same as there is strange swastika stamp? any other pieces confirmed with this marking? thanks. b.r.Andy

[Billy G]

Andy,

Waffenamt marks are found only on early production DLV daggers and this one is early so I see no issue with it being there.

[AndyB]

Question why would have DLV a Army Heereswaffenamt proof? similar to RLB as part of RLM why would have it a Army proof?, only possible are the LW LZA marked blades of Flieger Dolch 1. and 2 modells.
Second what is the swastika stamp? marking of DLV?
E/92 or 96 was not used on Eickhorn production. Could You date the dagger?

[Schlange]

Because early Deutscher Luftsportverband was incorporated in Luftwaffe - Wehrmacht as training facility.


Schlange

https://mojalbum.com/schlange88

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=916564

[AndyB]

From literature DLV was under RLM which was independent of Wehrmacht, so little strange for me found here a HeeresWaA , maybe people have other comparation stamps, strange too that is only on mouthpiece, not on main part blade. b.r.Andy