Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger, By Alcoso consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac chipping evident in the green

chipping evident in the green enamels on the wreath and on the crown

Tobold for services to the imperial academy of medicine and surgery in St

on a loop for a suspension from its small ribbon

in turn trimmed along both the inner and outer edges with red enameled rings

a gilt maker’s mark of “A

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger, By Alcoso consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac chipping evident in the green(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offizier mit Gehnge). A Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 43 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 is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the reverse ricasso reading ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the former firm of Alexander Coppel, flanked by the companys classic scale logo. The blade sits securely within