Germany, Heer. An Etched Offcier’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger, By F.w. Höller Archive 20 years old

20 years old

the reverse illustrating a winged female personification of Victory in the centre

Footnote: This is a very scarce medal that was awarded to Russian and their allies for the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78

Footnote: The Order of Aeronautical Virtue was instituted on July 31

two branches of the Order exist

Germany, Heer. An Etched Offcier’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger, By F.w. Höller Archive 20 years old(Heer Offiziersdolch mit Gehnge). A scarce and extremely well preserved Heer dress dagger, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26 cm long nickel plated magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade bears a double sided, acid etched design, with the obverse decorated with a central Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked on each side by arabesques, while the reverse bears