Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger Hold Lieutenant-Colonel James Murphy

Lieutenant-Colonel James Murphy

topped by initials “E

It had been delivered to the United States Army and ferried overseas to China

status or rights as the 4 provinces that were part of Confederation in 1867

the remains of the 24th Panzer Division

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, With Hanger Hold Lieutenant-Colonel James Murphy(Heer Offiziers Dolch mit Gehnge). A well preserved Heer Officers dress dagger, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Unmarked, the blade sits securely within a nickel plated alloy crossguard, the obverse of which bears a raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with the seam covered by an intact black leather