Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger Auction " on the 1924 Everest

" on the 1924 Everest Expedition

pinned with zink rank pips and bronze numerals “19”

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

of an oval shaped construction of blackened metal

with a white-enameled Maltese Cross in Gold

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger Auction " on the 1924 Everest(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