Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Alcoso certificate_of_authenticity He was struck off strength

He was struck off strength of the 20th Battalion and taken on strength by the Canadian Ordnance Corps on July 27

Its throat is held together by a single rivet

the reverse with en elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch

REICHENBACH

the reverse inscribed “FORTITUDINI” (Latin - Fortitude)

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Alcoso certificate_of_authenticity He was struck off strength(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere). An extremely well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 45 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip, as well as a rich cross grain throughout. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the former firm of Alexander Coppel, circumscribing the