Germany, Kriegsmarine. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger Auction Archive affixed to a lanyard constructed

affixed to a lanyard constructed of multiple rows of silver aluminum wire braiding interspersed with blue-grey threading

New York in 1879

marked Rothe on interior lid

McFarland with a strength of 32 officers and 910 other ranks

with each flap held firmly in place by a brass clip

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger Auction Archive affixed to a lanyard constructed(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offizier, 1. Modell). A very well preserved first pattern Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 40. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Dual narrow fullers extend approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the blade. Unmarked, it sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard, bearing double sided