Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, First Pattern, by Carl Julius Krebs Auction Archive yellow and purple enamel strips

yellow and purple enamel strips at each cardinal point

topped by a stylized banner bearing an inscription of “INRI” for “IESUS NAZARENUS REX IUDAEORUM” (“JESUS OF NAZARETH

A Heer NCO’s portepee fob

scattered silvering wear evident on the prop and wings insignias and on the pips

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, First Pattern, by Carl Julius Krebs Auction Archive yellow and purple enamel strips(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere, 1. Form). A well preserved first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 49 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of CARL JULIUS KREBS, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms monogram logo. It sits securely within a nickel plated alloy crossguard which