Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, with Hanger, by Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 765 mm in length

measuring 765 mm in length x 37 mm in width

The left side of the cap bears a Reichspost insignia consisting of a dark blue trapezoidal cotton backer overlaid by a machine-embroidered silver-grey Reichspost eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

with age-appropriate material fatigue and soiling evident

with a "23" overlay in silver

The division's last major fighting in the war was the Battle of Dessau

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, with Hanger, by Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 765 mm in length(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere mit Gehnge). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 43 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip, and which retains much of its original cross grain. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic