Germany, Heer. A Miniature Officer’s Dress Dagger Province of China An intact brown wool buffer

An intact brown wool buffer pad covers the seam where the blade connects with the crossguard

He built a strong point by day under heavy shell-fire and in difficult circumstances

Major John McCrae

maker marked VANGUARD N

original ribbon mounted to a brass frame with tab

Germany, Heer. A Miniature Officer’s Dress Dagger Province of China An intact brown wool buffer(Heer Miniature Dolch fr Offiziere). A well preserved miniature Heer Officers dress dagger, measuring 20 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard, featuring a 13. 5 cm long nickel plated magnetic steel blade retaining factory original sharpening, situated within a silvered alloy crossguard bearing a raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on the obverse, with an intact red wool buffer pad covering the seam, the handle