WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE OFFICER'S DAGGER WW2

Roughly 25cm long drop forged steel nickel/silver plated stiletto style blade with dual narrow central fullers. Blade features the standard acid etched design of fouled anchors and ornate foliage pattern. Reverse ricasso is well marked with acid etched manufacturers logo "Original Eickhorn Solingen". Nicely detailed, fire gilted, brass crossguard and pommel are both intact and show minor age tarnish. The crossguard features an embossed fouled anchor to both obverse and reverse centerpieces and an ornate foliage pattern and rosette tips to the horizontal arms. Reverse centerpiece of the crossguard has an integral spring loaded locking button which is fully intact and still functions. The pommel is a likeness of the Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings. Age yellowed, white celluloid grip with twisted, dual strand, brass wire wrap intact Fire gilted brass scabbard with standard etched lightning bolt design. Both sweated oak-leaf patterned hanger bands intact. Hanger bands each have the scabbard ring and hanger loop intact. Both dome headed throat screws are present. The Kriegsmarine was the last of the three branches of the Armed Services to adopt a Nazified dagger on January 28TH 1938. The Kriegsmarine dagger was a modified version of a traditional design that dates back to the creation of the Prussian Navy in 1848. The main modification of the Third Reich era dagger was a change in the Reichsmarine dagger pommel.