Spain, Franco Period. An Air Force Officer’s Dagger, C.1960 Newly Listed A 1933 Dietrich Eckart Deutschland

A 1933 Dietrich Eckart Deutschland Erwache badge

Instituted 1853 by Danilo I

even though he claimed that while serving in France for nineteen months with the Canadian Field Artillery

together with an envelope addressed to a same man

with a red felt centerpiece

Spain, Franco Period. An Air Force Officer’s Dagger, C.1960 Newly Listed A 1933 Dietrich Eckart DeutschlandThis is an extremely well preserved Spanish Air Force officers dagger, featuring a nickel plated magnetic metal blade 360 mm in length. The tip of the blade is sharpened, while the edges present in a semi sharpened condition. It is plain with the exception of of a mark near the obverse ricasso reading Toledo, Spain. The blade sits securely in the upper crossguard, itself constructed of gilded bronze, with the obverse depicting raised, feathered wings