Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction and through my / Tears

and through my / Tears rejoice / To know my son and the Son of God

“MERENTI” is inscribed at the top

Footnote: William Archer Halsey Evans was born on December 26

Dietl thanks him for his best wishes for Christmas and the new year

16mm x 30mm

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction and through my / Tears(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offizier). A well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 41. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Dual narrow fullers run approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the blade. The blade bears double sided acid etched designs consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by arabesque and