Austria Österreich Luftwaffe Air Force Pilot Dagger pre WWII Third Reich Ostmark For Sale
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Austria Österreich Luftwaffe Air Force Pilot Dagger pre WWII Third Reich Ostmark:
$650.00
Pre-1938 independent republic of Austria air force officer’sdress dagger.
Used prior to the Anschluss with Nazi Germany in 1938.
Manufacturer mark in the blade, Zeitner Wien VIII. (Zeitnerin Vienna, 8th district.)
Once Austrian-born Adolf Hitler completed the unification ofhis birth country with Germany (Anschluss), the Nazi government had theincorporated territory renamed. The name Austria (Österreich in German, meaning"Eastern Realm") was at first replaced by "Ostmark",referring to the 10th century Marcha orientalis. The change was meant to referto Austria as the new "eastern march" of the Reich.
Following the annexation of Austria by the Nazis theAustrian Air Force was integrated into the Third Reich Luftwaffe and Austrianpilots were issued German Luftwaffe uniforms and dress daggers; aircraftsreceived standard German markings.
Titles of Distinction
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Hero of Socialist Labor
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of USSR
- Dist. Military Pilot USSR
- Dist. Military Navigator USSR
- Dist. Test Pilot USSR
- Dist. Test Navigator USSR
- Distinguished Pilot USSR
- Dist. Navigator USSR
Orders of Distinction
- Order of Lenin
- Order of October Revolution
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of Suvorov
- Order of Ushakov
- Order of Kutuzov
- Order of Nakhimov
- Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
- Order of Alexander Nevsky
- Order of the Patriotic War
- Order of Red Banner of Labor
- Order of Friendship
- Order of the Red Star
- Order Service to Motherland
- Order of the Badge of Honor
- Order of Honor
- Order of Personal Courage
- Order of Glory
- Order of Labor Glory
- Order of Mother Heroine
- Order of Maternal Glory