EXCELLENT ORIGINAL**Transitional Production 1938 Dated WW2 Era Nazi German 1933 Pattern SS Man’s Dagger With RZM 941 (Eickhorn) Mark & Carl Eickhorn Solingen 1935-41 Trademark, SS Runes & Loyalty Motto Etched Blade, Scabbard & Maker OLC M5/71 RZM Hanger Dagger

**EXCELLENT ORIGINAL**Transitional Production 1938 Dated WW2 Era Nazi German 1933 Pattern SS Man’s Dagger With RZM 941 (Eickhorn) Mark & Carl Eickhorn Solingen 1935-41 Trademark, SS Runes & Loyalty Motto Etched Blade, Scabbard & Maker OLC M5/71 RZM Hanger - 23672

This is a rare original 1933 pattern SS Man’s Dagger and scabbard in excellent condition. All ranks of the SS were authorised to wear these daggers (see pages 48 & 49 of Johnson’s book Collecting The Edged Weapons Of The Third Reich Vol 1). The blade of this example is crisply stamped with the wartime production Nazi manufacturer’s RZM mark 941 / 38 (1938 date) alongside Nazi Runes which is the Nazi maker code of Eickhorn Solingen & Eickhorn’s original 1935 -1941 variant squirrel trademark (early production daggers have just the maker’s name with no RZM marks, transitional examples such as ours have both maker’s name and RZM marks and later wartime production models have just RZM marks with no maker’s name). A Transitional Nazi SS Man’s dagger with the same blade markings as ours is illustrated on page 170 of the book Exploring The Dress Daggers and Swords of the German SS’ by Thomas T. Wittmann (our blade maker markings are illustrated in image 1, the Wittman book maker markings are illustrated in image 2). The blade has the correct "Meine Ehre Heisst Treue" (my honour is loyalty) etched Blade. The blade is clean. The black wooden grip is original and undamaged. It has the correct Nazi German National Emblem and 'SS' runes roundel inset. It has a Nickel plated cross guard & pommel, all clean. The dagger is complete with its original black anodised metal scabbard which has no dents and just light surface wear to the finish. The scabbard has a single hanging ring and nickel plated chape and throat mount, all clean. The scabbard’s hanging ring is fitted with original leather hanger which has its original nickel plated buckle and sprung metal clip. The clip is stamped with intermediate production maker and RZM marks ‘OLC’ (Overhoff & Cie. of Lüdenscheid) M5/71 (OLC). The price for this excellent Nazi SS dagger set includes UK delivery. (NB. AS WITH ALL OF OUR STOCK THIS ITEM IS GUARANTEED 100% ORIGINAL). Sn 23672

£3,450.00