Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, Refurbished Example, Unmarked Variant Auction and numbered 7414

and numbered 7414

the others having been lost to time)

in the rank of Captain

The Darwin connection:Early in life he had established himself as a leading authority on Polyzoa

backed by crossed rifles and framed by an open-ended wreath composed of branches of laurel leaves and oak leaves

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, Refurbished Example, Unmarked Variant Auction and numbered 7414(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). A 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 the tip. Double sided acid etched imagery is visible on the blade, with the obverse showing a central fouled anchor flanked by a ship and arabesque latticework, while the reverse bears a U Boat cutting through