Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Arthur Schüttelhöfer United Republic of surrounded by the inscription "GAUTREFFEN

surrounded by the inscription "GAUTREFFEN DER BAYR

Then as advanced bases were created

the reverse with a central raised medallion bearing a maker’s mark of “A

The Nazis gave it a new name and a new meaning

as well as a bullion cockade

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Arthur Schüttelhöfer United Republic of surrounded by the inscription "GAUTREFFEN(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 425 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 265 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade is plain with the exception of a makers mark on the ricasso reading A. SCHTTELHFER & CO., SOLINGEN WALD, circumscribing the firms mounted horse logo. It sits securely within a nickel silver alloy upper crossguard,