Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, First Pattern, by Alcoso Province of China awarded on 17 August 1942

awarded on 17 August 1942 and issued by Sanitätsabteilung Hamburg

Charles V granted the Order the island of Malta and the Order settled here from 1530 to 1798 when Napoleon Bonaparte captured the island en route for Egypt

Reinhard was seriously wounded by shrapnel in November 1943

a second DRL Sports Badge

having boarded one junk turned her guns on the others

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, First Pattern, by Alcoso Province of China awarded on 17 August 1942(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere, 1. Form). A first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 49 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the former firm of Alexander Coppel, circumscribing the companys classic scale logo. It sits securely within a