Opinions on this dagger would be appreciated. I have requested additional photos but have not yet received them. The dagger is supposedly Eickhorn but I thought the gilding on Eickhorns chain and fittings was general lighter. The chain is magnetic and supposedly made by Assmann. Thanks -

Gordon

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Ask to see if the crossguards are copper plated on the inside.The paint has an odd look to it.Marine NSKK are a hard sell.For such a rare daggerI see them for sale all over the web.

handle ridge not sharp as mine gold too bronze,definition not as high,but thats mine yours could be right and mine wrong my late maker might be diferent to yours ,you have an early handle and late chains,who knows there was a war on if you are american this is not text book,if you are german this is not the only one they made if you are in the uk this could be great ,or not, do you like it is the answer,i know we have a fear of fakers but as an engineer if it was my game i would fake high end ss not a who wants a marine dager group
thanks dippy but what do i know

Florida,
See if they can send you a pic of this part.
IMO the color is off and I don't care for the plating. Doesn't seem standard to me. On originals it was more of a copper color and plating was very thin and wore off quite easily.

This is from a RZM 1940 7/66 (Eickhorn)

serge you slipped in there,

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Very hard to find dagger with most of the finish remaining. When you do...they are stunning.

wish i could take decent photos like the toms one has a pic like this in his books and i cant find it can anyone help
thanks dippy

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getting there with the pics

bed for me 1.15 pm ere

too much dirt on this i will get the brasso out and clean that gold crap off
dippy or am i

Serge i

I have asked for pics of the stampings on the reverse of chain. Will post when I receive them.

Gordon

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Gordon,
I've never seen one marked in that fashion. Originals will have a "umlat" over the first "u" in "korpsfuhrung". On this example the first "u" extends further than all the other letters. Also the letters are of a different font and spacing on the link.
Also I don't like the color...it's way off IMO.

Unless it is a type that I have not seen...I don't think it is original. Perhaps some of our other members can state otherwise.
But for some of us on these we used to have a rule "If no umlat - NO good".

Hope this helps.

-serge-

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Hi, the Assmann A looks wrong as well.I would ask myself why is his reserve only $3137.nats

http://www.stan-the-man.tk/

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