Germany, Heer. A Miniature Officer’s Dress Dagger Province of China An intact brown wool buffer

An intact brown wool buffer pad covers the seam where the blade connects with the crossguard

maker marked VANGUARD N

Major John McCrae

He built a strong point by day under heavy shell-fire and in difficult circumstances

original ribbon mounted to a brass frame with tab

Germany, Heer. A Miniature Officer’s Dress Dagger Province of China An intact brown wool buffer(Heer Miniature Dolch fr Offiziere). A well preserved miniature Heer Officers dress dagger, measuring 20 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard, featuring a 13. 5 cm long nickel plated magnetic steel blade retaining factory original sharpening, situated within a silvered alloy crossguard bearing a raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on the obverse, with an intact red wool buffer pad covering the seam, the handle