DAGGERS, SWORDS & ACCOUTREMENTS
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An extremely rare full Röhm dedication SA dagger manufactured by the firm EP & S, Solingen
Price: SOLD
Above average condition and complete with the full Rohm dedication, this dagger was manufactured by the famous firm EP & S. The perfect light wood grip fits absolutely perfect to the upper and lower crossguards, and the nickel-silver eagle/swastika and Runes eye remain in excellent condition with good detail to the eagle. The dagger has all solid nickel-silver mounts thoughout as would be expected, and the lower crossguard bears the Gruppe stamp 'SW'. The blade retains most of its original polish
and crossgrain with just some slight discolouration in a couple of places (there is also one small area of pitting on the obverse edge of the blade immediately above the 'Alles'. To the reverse, the full Rohm dedication is as clear now as it was when manufactured, as indeed is the EP & S logo. Just the mandatory runner marks are evident on both sides of the blade. The scabbard
has approximately 75% original anodised brown finish remaining, with some light surface rust evidence. The scabbard is free from dents and the bottom ball remains in overall excellent condition.
A fine and rare 1933 pattern NSKK dagger manufactured by Haenel - Sühl
Price: £975
Surviving in excellent condition, this dagger has a fine wood grip which fits neatly to the upper and lower crossguards, and with minimal gaps from shrinkage. All solid nickel-silver mounts throughout, the lower crossguard bearing the Gruppe stamp 'Sa'. The blade retains 95% original polish and crossgrain, along with maker's logo. The scabbard
has survived particularly well, with approximately 95% original painted black finish remaining. The dagger survives in excellent condition. Increasingly difficult to find any nice condition NSKK daggers on the market today.
A fine and rare 1933 pattern NSKK dagger manufactured by the seldom seen firm Gottfried Müller - Herges-Vogtei
Price: SOLD
Surviving in excellent to near mint condition, this dagger by the seldom seen firm of Gottfried Muller , has a fine light fruit wood grip which fits neatly to the upper and lower crossguards, and with minimal gaps from shrinkage. All solid nickel-silver mounts throughout, the lower crossguard bearing the Gruppe stamp 'Fr', for Franken. The blade retains 98% original polish and crossgrain, along with virtually 100% blacking to the motto and maker's logo. Just the inevitable
runner marks take your eyes off the crossgrain. The scabbard
has survived particularly well, with approximately 95% original painted black finish remaining. The dagger survives in completely uncleaned condition. Increasingly difficult to find any nice condition NSKK daggers on the market today.
A fine 1933 pattern transitional SA dagger manufactured by Eickhorn, Solingen
Price: SOLD
Surviving in above average condition, this transitional period dagger by the famous firm Eickhorn, has a pleasant wood grip and fits neatly to the upper and lower crossguards. Albiet a transitional period dagger dating from 1938, this example still retains solid nickel-silver mounts thoughout, the lower crossguard bearing the Gruppe stamp 'Wf', and a benchmark '4' underneath. The blade retains much polish and crossgrain (98%) with just the typical runner marks showing. The Eickhorn logo remains
clear, as does
the RZM M7/66 '1938' designation. The scabbard
retains approximately 98% original dark brown paint remaining, and is free from dents. The bottom ball remains in overall excellent condition. Bearing in mind the moderately late manufacture date of this dagger, it must truly be one of the last of the early quality made pieces. An excellent example of a scarce transitional period Eickhorn.
A good 1933 pattern transitional SA dagger manufactured by Eickhorn, Solingen
Price: £475
Surviving in very good to excellent condition, this transitional period dagger by the famous firm Eickhorn, has a pleasant wood grip and fits neatly to the upper and lower crossguards. A transitional period dagger dating from 1938, this example has nickel-silver plated mounts thoughout (all surviving in overall very good to excellent condition), albiet still retains a nickel-silver eagle/swastika to the grip . The blade retains much polish and crossgrain (95%) with typical
runner marks present and a small amount of blade clouding. The Eickhorn logo remains
clear, as does
the RZM M7/66 '1938' designation. The scabbard
retains approximately 98% original dark brown paint remaining (just typical age lines within the paint), is free from dents, and the bottom ball remains in excellent condition. the dagger is complete with its brown leather strap bearing RZM markings. An excellent example of a scarce transitional period Eickhorn, realistically priced.
A fine and rare 1933 pattern SA dagger manufactured by the seldom seen firm Carl Grah - Solingen-Ohligs
Price: SOLD
Surviving in near mint condition, this dagger by the seldom seen firm of Carl Grah, has a fine red wood grip which fits neatly to the upper and lower crossguards. All solid nickel-silver mounts throughout, the lower crossguard bears the Gruppe stamp 'Wf'. The blade retains 100% original polish and crossgrain, along with most blacking to the motto and maker's logo. The scabbard
has survived particularly well, with approximately 95% original anodised brown finish remaining, along with most of the top laquer finish. It's rare to encounter SA daggers as fine as this in todays market.
SS 1936 chained dagger with nickel-silver plated fittings.
Price: SOLD
This dagger has survived in untouched condition, by no means a mint condition example, but a nice unmolested textbook example of the type 2 chained SS. The dagger retains a fine black ebony grip in perfect condition with the earlier nickel-silver eagle/swastika motif. The unmarked blade has survived in very good overall condition, still nice and bright but with some areas of light greying. Luckily the greying remains at that stage and hasn't moved on to become pitting. The worse areas of greying
is to be found by the 'S' in 'heist' and is caused by long term storage with dry runners. The dagger has the typical type
2 nickel-silver plated chains with the nicely impressed Runes with octagon to the reverse. The black anodised scabbard has survived well, with 90% original finish remaining. The bottom ball remains perfect. All the nickle-silver plated fittings have age patina and a little lifting in places and no attempt has been made to polish the dagger in anyway.
SS 1936 chained dagger with nickel-silver plated fittings and original portopee. Dagger brought back to England in 1945 by a member of the Grenadier Guards
Price: SOLD
It is rare indeed, in this day and age, to find a dagger completely untouched since 1945; that is exactly what this SS chained dagger represents. Brought back to England as a war trophy in 1945, and is completely untampered with in anyway. The dagger has a fine black ebony grip in perfect condition and retains its originally wrapped silver portopee. The unmarked blade has survived in close to mint condition, free from any adverse blemishes or pitting, and retaining most polish and crossgrain. The dagger has type 2 nickel-silver chains with typical light stamped Runes to reverse. The black anodised scabbard has survived extremely well, with 90% original finish remaining. The bottom ball remains perfect. All the nickle-silver plated fittings have age patina showing and no attempt has been made to polish the dagger in anyway. This dagger would not be every collector's 'cup of tea', but there are some of us who would wait decades to add an absolutely untouched and completely original dagger like this one to their collection.This actual dagger is featured full page within the book, German Insignia of World War II (ISBN 0-7858-1473-6) page 105.
SS 1933 pattern numbered Eickhorn Röhm erased dedication dagger
Price: SOLD
A very nice example of a numbered SS 1933 pattern dagger by the firm of Eickhorn. All nickel-silver mounts throughout and anodised black scabbard. Number stamped into the underneath of the lower crossguard. Black ebony grip in excellent condition and with fine silver and enamel badges. This dagger was purchased recently from the estate of an American veteran and has not been through a collectors hands. Totally uncleaned and as found. Sold complete with an unusual hanging clip which was present with the dagger.
An example of the 1933 pattern SS dagger with part Röhm dedication to the reverse and owners number to the lower crossguard
Price: SOLD
A good example of the SS 1933 dagger by the firm of Herder Sölingen. Dagger has the nickel silver mounts throughout, which exhibit some age darkening, the black ebony grip is in very good to excellent condition and is free from any cracks or splits. Blade bears the SS motto to the obverse and the partial Röhm dedication to the reverse. As was ordered directly after the Röhm Putsch, the dedication has had the Ernst Röhm name ground off. Today, the blade remains bright but has been heavily polished probably at the time the name was removed. Typical of the Röhm dedication daggers, this example has the owners SS number engraved to the lower crossguard. The scabbard is complete with the black leather hanging strap (clip spring broken)and has a contemporary black painted finish, with approximately 90% finish remaining.
A fine early quality SS Eickhorn manufactured 1933 pattern dagger
Price: SOLD
An excellent early Eickhorn manufactured dagger with solid nickel-silver fittings throughout and large oval trademark. Lower crossguard benchmarked '4' and with black ebony grip bearing excellent nickel-silver runes eye and eagle/swastika emblems. Blade has survived in excellent condition with the majority of the polished finish remaining. Scabbard is in the early anodised black finish with close to 98% of the anodising remaining (most of the laquer is missing as is normal). The dagger has survived in excellent
condition apart from a very small chip to the grip top and a slight dent to the scabbard (could be removed by a restorer).
An excellent named example of an SS Police Officers sword manufactured by Eickhorn and complete with original portopee
Price:SOLD
This is one of the most original and fine SS Police swords one could expect to find. The black ebony grip still retains the full wire binding and inset silvered wreathed police eagle/swastika. The nickel fittings bear the SS runes within the octagon and the white leather washer bears the owner's name in blue ink. The sword is a good length and is complete with its original SS Officers portopee which has always been in place. Surviving in excellent overall condition, the Eickhorn marked blade bears much polish
and the scabbard has its black paint 98% intact. A really lovely example.
SS Police senior NCOs sword manufactured by Clemen & Jung and complete with original portopee
Price: £875
A particularly original SS Police Senior NCOs sword, recently found in an attic and uncleaned since 1945. Typical nickle-plated fittings throughout, and with a black ebony grip bearing the silver aluminium wreathed police eagle/swastika, along with the correct portopee. Surviving in uncleaned condition, the nickle-silver plated mounts have a pleasant aged patina. The scabbard still retains approximately 85% of its original black painted finish, and the steel blade has survived in perfect condition,
free from any rust or pitting.
Price: SOLD
A very good example of the NSKK chained dagger by Emil Voos. Typical nickel-silver plated fittings throughout with (also typically) some plate loss evident. The dagger has a fine rosewood grip which survives in perfect condition and retains a nickel-silver eagle/swastika. The blade has 95%% polish and crossgrain along with 100% blackened finish to the motto and RZM logo. The black painted scabbard has survived in very good condition with over 95% original black paint remaining. The bottom ball is still intact and one of the chain links bear the full 'Musterschutze' markings.
A stunning SA 1933 pattern dagger by the rarely found maker, Gebrüder Heller - Schmalkalden
Price: SOLD
A stunningly beautiful example of the SA 1933 pattern dagger by Heller. All nickel-silver fittings throughout and with a fine rosewood grip in perfect condition. The blade has 100% polish and crossgrain along with 100% blackened finish to the motto and makers logo. Only the very lightest lines can be seen on the blade caused by the few times this piece has been withdrawn from the scabbard. Lower crossguard gruppe marked 'No'. The scabbard is free from any dents and has a perfect bottom ball, The brown anodised
scabbard paint is still complete, and the scabbard still retains some of the original top laquer finish.
A fine 1933 pattern SA dagger manufactured by the firm F.Dick, Solingen
Price: SOLD
Far above average condition, this dagger by the well known firm, F.Dick, has a beautiful cherry-brown coloured wood grip and fits perfectly to the upper and lower crossguards. All nickel-silver mounts thoughout, the lower crossguard bears the Gruppe stamp 'Sw'. The blade retains most polish and crossgrain although the blackened finish from the motto has virtually disappeared. The F.Dick arrow logo is both clear and sharp. The scabbard has approximately 80% anodised brown finish remaining and a moderate amount
of laquer is also still present (about 50%). The scabbard is free from dents and the bottom ball has just a slight dent to the extreme base.
Cased Heer dagger by Eickhorn Solingen
Price: SOLD
This particular piece has resided in the ULRIC of ENGLAND collection since the middle 1980s. The piece is absolutely stunning, and hence the inclination has always been to hold back from disposing of it. The dagger is an early Eickhorn example with heavy silver plated fittings throughout. The faultless grip is in the much sought after deepest orange / red. The dagger still retains its Eickhorn guarantee seal attached to the scabbard. The case is in black leatherette (typical grained leather finish similar to German Cross cases) and the interior is in rich blue coloured velvet, fully fitted out to accept the dagger and scabbard. The dagger is in mint condition the outside of the case has just the lightest storage age. This piece was photographed within two publications during the 1990s.