Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, with Hanger, by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction A Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen with envelope

A Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen with envelope of issue

Here the division was besieged by the Red Army over Christmas of 1944

Royal Canadian Air Force (in bronze gilt

Footnote: Frank Ticchi was born on January 12

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, with Hanger, by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction A Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen with envelope(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere mit Gehnge). An extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 42 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip. Dual narrow fullers run the majority of the length of each side of the blade, which also bears double sided acid etched designs consisting of central fouled anchors