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Hi all

does anyone know anything about this Golden portepee? i dont think its an army portepee, or?

best regards Fredrik

 
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Appears to be an ersatz type made with nylon.
 
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Yes, probably late war. It's possible it was originally silver and turned a golden tone over time. If not, the gold portepee on an army dagger is associated with general officers.
 
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As John still stated, its a (the proper expression is) cellon (early kind of nylon) portepee. No former silver one which has turned to "gold", just cellon in the proper collor range (I have celon portepees in the color region from this one yellow-gold to a kind of yellow-grey).
you see them from time to time for navy daggers, seldom for luft daggers and nearly never for armies.
Can you show a photograph of the bottom of the oak?
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wotan, gd.c-b#105

"Never look for sqare eggs" as an owner of an original FHH-dagger uses to say.
 
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