Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Republic of oxidation evident on the obverse

oxidation evident on the obverse of the NHACSWW

surmounted by a typical of period Imperial crown in silver

marked "Rd 201505" and maker marked "JOHNSON"

mounted on a post with an adjustable toggle

The British suspected Russian involvement "with the Rulers of the petty States on the northern boundary of Jammu and Kashmir" during a period known as the Great Game (a term for the strategic rivalry and conflict between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Republic of oxidation evident on the obverse(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). A very well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 42 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip. Dual narrow fullers run the majority of the length of each side of the blade, which also bears double sided, acid etched nautical imagery consisting of central fouled