Croatia, Independent State. A Second War Air Force Officer’s Dagger Auction The upper right breast bears

The upper right breast bears an insignia in the form of a dark grey trapezoid patch with a field-grey cotton threaded backer overlaid by a silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

aluminum and enamels

bears three holes (two at the 12 o’clock position and one at the 6 o’clock position)

Air Ministry King's Crown markings and reference numbers

Silvered die-stamped aluminum buckle on the right end

Croatia, Independent State. A Second War Air Force Officer’s Dagger Auction The upper right breast bearsThis is a very well preserved Second War Croatian Air Force officers dagger, measuring 420 mm in length when inserted into the scabbard. The dagger features a 244 mm long magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and blunted edges. The ricasso bears an intact brown leather washer covering the seam with the upper crossguard, itself constructed of bronze and presenting as a stylized eagle with wings spread. The crossguard transitions into a knotted