Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger Auction Fenian Raid 1866 (A

Fenian Raid 1866 (A

on an emerald green wool base

while the left shoulder has a 95 mm (w) x 135 mm (h) 1st Cavalry Division patch in black

pinned with zink rank pips and bronze numerals “19”

of an oval shaped construction of blackened metal

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger Auction Fenian Raid 1866 (A(Heer Offiziers Dolch mit Gehnge). A well preserved Heer Officers dress dagger, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Unmarked, the blade sits securely within a nickel plated alloy crossguard, the obverse of which bears a raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with the seam covered by an intact black leather