Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F.w. Höller GTRexclude the magnetic metal buckle exhibiting

the magnetic metal buckle exhibiting surface rust

held in place via intact lugs and a pin on the inside of the cap

later of Esquimalt

he was a labourer at the Howard Smith Paper Mill in Cornwall

the reverse with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F.w. Höller GTRexclude the magnetic metal buckle exhibiting(Heer Offiziersdolch). An extremely well preserved Heer dress dagger, measuring 40 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 F. W. HLLER, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms thermometer logo. The blade sits firmly within a nickel silver upper crossguard, the obverse