Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Rudolf Büchel Newly Listed issued on 5 October 1940

issued on 5 October 1940 and named to Schulz as a SA-Standartenfüher

The reverse displays the silver weave

Taking up employment as a technical expert for the Dunlop Rubber Company

Pair of Colonel's Wings Collar Rank Insignia (in gilt nickel

CAPE COLONY all attached

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Rudolf Büchel Newly Listed issued on 5 October 1940(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch 1. Modell). A well preserved first model Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 48 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the edges and tip. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of RUDOLF BCHEL, SOLINGEN MERSCHEID, circumscribing the firms stylized logo. It sits securely within a nickel plated alloy