I know there's some war buffs on here so thought someone may be able to help. I got this from my grandad... whose dad brought it back from ww1. Can anyone here help me with any info on it for further research?
I know there's some war buffs on here so thought someone may be able to help. I got this from my grandad... whose dad brought it back from ww1. Can anyone here help me with any info on it for further research?
I can tell you one thing. If he picked it up during WWI it's not going to be a Nazi knife.
I know there's some war buffs on here so thought someone may be able to help. I got this from my grandad... whose dad brought it back from ww1. Can anyone here help me with any info on it for further research?
I can tell you one thing. If he picked it up during WWI it's not going to be a Nazi knife.
Yeah we've got that far hense the thread title change.. my mistake on the early usage of the 'Nazi' term.
Addickted may have some useful suggestions as he is something of a WW1 expert......though this kind of thing might not be in his field of knowledge. I’m thinking he may know someone who deals in this kind of artefact.
@shine166 your pic definitely looks like it is on the above link. It looks like a Nazi naval dagger to me. But who knows sorry your Grandad is in a bad way.
The swastika used to be a symbol for good luck, before the Nazi's adopted it.
Dry cleaning company in Dublin est 1912.
Looks like a scene from Trumpton
Das Trumpton
They won't catch us this time! Not this time! They haven't spotted us! No, they're all snoring in their bunks! Or, you know what? They're drinking at the bar, celebrating our sinking! Not yet, my friends. Not yet!
As a collector, I avoid German WW2 daggers like the plague. This is a ww2 kriegsmarine (navy) dagger, if it was ww1, I understand that it would have two squirrels back to back as part of the logo. The reason I avoid them is that there are so many fakes, I mean seriously good fakes, that even the most knowledgable collectors get burned, when we had our militaria shop we would not touch them, same goes for Hitler Youth knives. So if you wanted to know if its genuine, and if it is, its certainly worth a few quid, I will need a complete set of photographs and I will send them to a few specialists collectors that I know and get a value.
I know there's some war buffs on here so thought someone may be able to help. I got this from my grandad... whose dad brought it back from ww1. Can anyone here help me with any info on it for further research?
Sorry to learn of your grandads I’ll health.
Might I ask his age ? Seems unlikely that he brought it back from WW1 ?
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http://www.2-clicks-swords.com/article/german-daggers.html
Sheesh.
Appoligise for me getting pissy too... just a tough time atm seeing him falling to pieces
I’m thinking he may know someone who deals in this kind of artefact.
https://www.eickhorn-solingen.de
Are there no indications as to who the owner was or what branch of the Kriegsmarine it came from.?
A Nazi Officers naval dagger from the Scharnhorst went for £12k at auction a few years ago - and the owner was only an Hauptmann.
The reason I avoid them is that there are so many fakes, I mean seriously good fakes, that even the most knowledgable collectors get burned, when we had our militaria shop we would not touch them, same goes for Hitler Youth knives.
So if you wanted to know if its genuine, and if it is, its certainly worth a few quid, I will need a complete set of photographs and I will send them to a few specialists collectors that I know and get a value.
Might I ask his age ? Seems unlikely that he brought it back from WW1 ?
Would also seem to be a WW2 item.