Hammer

£520

German Third Reich Army Officer Dagger with straps and knot by F.W. Holler, Solingen. Fine example with amber spiral ivorine grip and plain polished double-edged blade etched with maker thermometer in oval logo and and Austrian retailer's details MILITARWARENHAUS,DURBECK, WIEN IX. Plated eagle crossguard with swastika. Oakleaf decoration to pommel and ferrule. Housed in stippled plated scabbard with two suspension rings and foliate lockets. Silver aluminium braid knot with solid tassel finial. Complete with silver laced, velvet-backed slings with oakleaf ornamented oval buckles and spring-clips. VGC Army (Heer) Officer’s dagger was designed by Paul Casburg in 1935.