Germany, Heer. A Complete Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Carl Julius Krebs United Republic of highlighted in black threading

highlighted in black threading

touches of red embroidery in the lion's paws and tongue

While on our way to these trenches we marched past Sir Robert Borden

It is flanked on each side by a gilded brass lion head

Germany, Heer. A Complete Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Carl Julius Krebs United Republic of highlighted in black threading(Heer Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Heer Officers dress dagger, measuring 400 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 260 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and sharpened edges. The blade presents plain with the exception of a makers mark near the reverse ricasso of CARL JULIUS KREBS, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms crowned monogram logo. It sits securely within a nickel plated zink alloy upper