interlaced with black threading and giving definition to the wings
indicates that Abt was held as an internee in Switzerland after being taken prisoner during the First World War
the reverse bears the inscription “Den Freiwilligen Vaterland Verteidigern des Fünften deutschen Armeekorps Vouihrem Kommandirenden General E
The time was only marked by the occasional striking of a shot in our square…
He served in North West Europe during the Second World War
Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Miniature Dress Dagger, By E. & F. Hörster Auction interlaced with black threading and(Heer Miniatur Dolch fr Offizier). A well preserved Heer Officers miniature dress dagger, measuring 20 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 13 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. A makers mark of E. & F. HRSTER, SOLINGEN is visible on the obverse ricasso. The blade sits securely within a silvered zink alloy crossguard, the obverse of which bears a raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a