Germany, Weimar Republic. A Fire Brigade Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Carl Eickhron Archive 1946 and retired to pension

1946 and retired to pension

He founded the Gestapo in 1933

The lower nickel plated scabbard fittings has some plating loss

"1936" and "1939"

measuring 74 mm (w) x 76 mm (h- inclusive of integral ring)

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Fire Brigade Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Carl Eickhron Archive 1946 and retired to pension(Feuerwehr Dolch fr Offizier). A rare and well preserved Fire Brigade Officers dress dagger, measuring 49 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 35 mm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip. Acid etched onto the blade are double sided designs, with the obverse bearing a ladder and crossed axes topped by a firemans helmet, while the reverse bears an intertwined hose, hook, and axe, with both sides