PERSONALISED LUFTWAFFE 2ND MODEL DAGGER BY KLASS BELONGING TO OTTO BUGEL.

I purchased this dagger complete with straps and knot some months ago from the son of the British army veteran wo brought the dagger back to England in 1945. Excellent detail to the eagle crossguard and pommel, the top of the pommel is beautifully engraved with the original owners initials OB. The blade is by Klass Solingen and features there kissing cranes trade mark and this is a fairly difficult maker to find on Luftwaffe daggers, there is some spotting to the blade especially near the tip but over all this is still a nice blade. The scabbard still retains some original factory finish, the edge of the scabbard is beautifully jeweller engraved, OTTO BUGEL and then a town name which is, ITZEHOE . Complete with silver knot and a set of unusual Luftwaffe hangers which are interesting as the straps are produced brown cloth rather than Luftwaffe blue but with the normal double silver piping, I have no idea why but perhaps Luftwaffe troops in Afrika to match the sand brown uniform ? A very interesting personalised dagger set by a scarce maker with unusual straps and personalised with the original owners name and a town name it should be fairly simple to research the original owner of the dagger set and so discover his Luftwaffe career. Exc++

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