Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dagger With Hangers, By E. & F. Hörster Hold (C:17) Footnote: By 1918

(C:17)     Footnote: By 1918

November 11

1913 for his wife Princess Elisabeth of Wied

For the Reichsminister of Science and Education

stating his birth year as 1885

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dagger With Hangers, By E. & F. Hörster Hold (C:17) Footnote: By 1918(Heer Offizierdolch). A very well preserved Heer officers dagger, measuring 400 mm in length when inserted into the scabbard. The dagger features a 255 mm long magnetic metal blade, with a sharpened tip and unsharpened edges, which presents plain with the exception of a reverse makers mark of E. & F. HRSTER, SOLINGEN circumscribing the firms logo of a sword double overlaid by a dual letter H above a letter S. The blade sites within a silvered zink