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German dress knife help

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  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,916
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    shine166 said:

    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 ?

    Would also seem to be a WW2 item.

    He's 86, in was lead to believe his dad brought it back ... so hence the ww1 guess.
    There's a antiques road show being filmed near me on Thursday so we will take it along.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,916
    This is the 'case' (?)
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    shine166 Posts: 13,916
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  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Can you get a picture of the dagger unsheathed please.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,916
    Greenie said:

    Can you get a picture of the dagger unsheathed please.

    Spoke to my mum, it' was ww2 he was in either the merchant or royal navy.. more bits will turn up when we have to clear out the house. My grandad was in the RAF and his stuff is somewhere in his house too

  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    edited July 2018
    I don't know if this helps but according to my 1972 Dads Army annual, "They don't like it up em!"
  • SE7toSG3
    SE7toSG3 Posts: 3,140
    edited July 2018
    another opinion to confirm its 1939-45 Kriegsmarine Dagger.

    Very collectable but the market is littered with fakes, yours has some provinence though if picked up by a family member.

    Quite a few bits like this were souvineered by Brits based in Kiel on the spring/summer of 1945 as they were billeted in German naval barracks that had been left pretty sharpish by the previous occupants.

    My grandad spoke of Wolves playing Derby County in an exhibition match there for the troops, Sammy Crooks was the big star, Grandad was in the RAF (19 Sqn 2 TAF) and he bumped into his brother in the crowd by chance who was on HMS Orwell and had sailed in the day before.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    From a very knowledgable collector....
    "Looks like a nice clean blade, probably worth about £450 as a starter, depends if any issues, scabbard may have a few dents etc which is common but without seeing whole dagger it's hard to say"

    If its clean it will fetch more.

    Also, heres a link to some that have sold recently, please bear in mind that this is a USA site, prices stateside are always a little higher for Nazi German memorabilia.

    https://www.emedals.com/europe/germany/third-reich-daggers-swords/navy-daggers

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