Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Alcoso consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: 73 Type I crosses

Footnote: 73 Type I crosses were awarded on September 22nd 1814

A 1903 Peter I Coronation Medal - commemorating coronation of Peter I

dated 18 August 1942

Footnote: Friedrich Krug was born on December 23

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, First Pattern, by Alcoso consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: 73 Type I crosses(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere, 1. Form). A well preserved, late issue first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dress dagger, measuring 48. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and edges. The reverse ricasso is maker marked with the final pattern logo of Alcoso, Solingen, indicating production by the former firm of Alexander