Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Hans Kolping Auction Archive and pinned with two gilded

and pinned with two gilded bronze rank pips

472” and “5

but missing its its swastika

As the Second World War wound down

through their unusual labours

Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Hans Kolping Auction Archive and pinned with two gilded(Heer Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Heer officers 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 semi sharpened edges. The blade is unmarked with the exception of a makers stamp near the reverse ricasso of H. KOLPING, SOLINGEN, for the firm of Hans Kolping, circumscribing the companys stein logo. It sits securely within the silvered zink