Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Alexander Coppel GTRexclude 35 mm x 44 mm

35 mm x 44 mm

retaining its crossgraining

The photos were taken at various locations

The reverse of the sweatband is stamped with a size mark of “58” in black ink

Clasp in bronzed feinzink

Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Alexander Coppel GTRexclude 35 mm x 44 mm(Heer Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Heer officers dagger, measuring 425 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 265 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened edges. The blade is unmarked with the exception of a makers stamp near the reverse ricasso of ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the former firm of Alexander Coppel. It sits securely within the silvered zink alloy upper crossguard, the obverse