Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Hold each marked Ballou

each marked Ballou

including many depictions of soldiers in uniform

1918 and that his trade was that of Labourer

Stufe” in gilded lettering

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Hold each marked Ballou(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). A 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 demonstrates the remnants of dual narrow fullers which run the majority of the length of each side. The obverse ricasso bears a partially legible makers mark in the form of the classic squirrel logo of Carl Eickhorn, Solingen. The blade sits