Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F. & A. Helbig consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac light blue and dark blue

light blue and dark blue embroidery

Franz Joseph 1914-1916 (silver

A silver gilt cross pattee

5 mm (w) x 11 mm (h) not including the bar

circa 1934-1940

Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F. & A. Helbig consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac light blue and dark blue(Luftwaffe Offiziers Dolch). A well preserved first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 48 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the reverse ricasso reading F. & A. HELBIG, STEINBACH KR. M., circumscribing the firms GAEGLER trade name. It sits securely within an aluminum