Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F. & A. Helbig Hold Pinned onto the centre of

Pinned onto the centre of the cap band just underneath the eagle is a non-ferrous metal tricolour cockade within an aluminum oak leaf wreath

I Class: in silvered bronze

the reverse with an analogous white enameled medallion bearing a gilt inscription of “IN DANKBARKEIT DAS ROTE KREUZ” (“IN GRATITUDE THE RED CROSS”)

Lieutenant-General His Highness Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia

measuring 50 mm (w) x 100 mm (l) x 15 mm (h)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dress Dagger, By F. & A. Helbig Hold Pinned onto the centre of(Luftwaffe Offiziers Dolch). A well preserved first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 48 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the reverse ricasso reading F. & A. HELBIG, STEINBACH KR. M., circumscribing the firms GAEGLER trade name. It sits securely within an aluminum