A 2Nd Pattern Luftwaffe Dagger By Carl Eickhorn, Solingen Auction He was with 1st Cavalry

He was with 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)

but returned to England three months later

Officers' Group

A 1939 Winterhilfswerk “Tag der Wehrmacht” badge

Impressed (John Barraclief

A 2Nd Pattern Luftwaffe Dagger By Carl Eickhorn, Solingen Auction He was with 1st CavalryThis dagger features a 255 mm nickel plated steel blade, magnetic, with dull edges and having a semi sharp tip. The blade's reverse ricasso is maker marked Carl Eickhorn, Solingen with the company's squirrel insignia (the version of the insignia used between 1935 and 1941). It retains its crossgraining, in addition to scratches overall, common to extraction and return to the scabbard, natural shine, with scattered surface wear and pitting, very fine.