Original WWII German Army OFFICER’S DAGGER. Brought home by U.S. Veteran For Sale

Original WWII German Army OFFICER’S DAGGER. Brought home by U.S. Veteran
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Original WWII German Army OFFICER’S DAGGER. Brought home by U.S. Veteran:
$1250.00

Original WWII German Army (Heer) OFFICER’S DAGGER. (Heer Offizierdolch) Brought Home By A U.S. Veteran.With original portepee and scabbard


Traditionally German Army Officers had worn a saber as part of the uniform dress and this tradition was carried on through the Weimar era, (Circa 1919-1933), Reichswehr, (National Defence {Force}), and on into the Third Reich. In an attempt to build morale and curry favour within the Army, Hitler introduced the dress dagger for optional wear with the walking out dress, and retained the saber for wear on more formal occasions. The dress dagger was designed by Berlin graphic artist Paul Casberg and was officially approved for wear on May 4TH 1935 along with specifically styled dagger hangers and a new pattern portepee. The edged weapon portepees were originally introduced in the Prussian army in 1808, and continued to be worn with the Dress uniform, as a tradition and identifying item through WWI, the Weimar era and on into the Third Reich, with minor modifications. Originally designed as a functional item to secure the blade sidearm to the holder’s wrist the portepee evolved into a purely decorative accessory. The Third Reich era Officer’s dagger portepee was introduced along with the Officer’s dagger on May 4TH 1935 and was intended for wear by all Officers and Senior NCO’s with permission to wear the dagger. Of Note: Production of the dress dagger was to be discontinued as per regulations of May 27TH 1943 and further wear of the dress dagger and portepee was prohibited by order of September 5TH 1944. Additional regulations of December 23RD 1944 indicated that officer ranks were to wear a pistol in place of the dress dagger.


The dagger features a roughly, 10" long, drop forged steel construction, nickel/silver plated, stiletto style blade with a flat central ridge and a full length, including the hilt, of roughly, 5". Blade with some spotting. Original brown washer at top of blade is intact.


The dagger has a cast alloy, crossguard, ferrule, and pommel. The obverse crossguard features the embossed, army style national eagle with outstretched wings. The dagger has a molded, dark orange/yellow, celluloid grip. The dagger comes with its original, tooled, magnetic sheet metal construction scabbard. The dagger also comes with a nice complete portepee. Nice period used dagger captured by a U.S. Veteran and brought home as a war trophy. See images for damage to the handle. This is a used example showing the expected age and wear from conflict.


Seller does not support or condone Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Party and is only offering this as a historic relic.

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