GERMAN RAD DAGGER WITH FULL STAG GRIP BY EICKHORN WITH MATCHING ISSUE NUMBERS.

These very early initial production RAD daggers with full staghorn grip plates were only produced for a very short time in 1934 and only by Eichhorn and it is also believed only for officers, soon after they decided simplify the design and to produce the hilt with a metal tip so the fitment of the staghorn was much simpler and so faster to produce, the latter standard type was then available to all ranks. All early nickel silver fittings, the reverse side of the hilt is stamped with issue number, Nn1417. The quality of the staghorn grip and fitment is exceptional, and the staghorn beak is really impressive. The hewer blade is etched with the RAD motto on the obverse side, it is a deep and impressive motto, the reverse side is marked RADL in a triangle, Ges Gesch and the Eickhorn Solingen oval trade mark which was used from 1933 until 1935 and it is the pattern always found on the full stag Rad dagger, the bade shows a few age marks but over all it is still really nice. Complete with matching scabbard which is fitted with nickel silver fittings and the upper mount is stamped Bn1417 which matches the hilt issue number and this is a very desirable feature to find as often they do not match or are not marked, the scabbard retains 98% black paint finish with just slight wear mostly to the upper edge from being worn over the years. This is probably the best example of a RAD full stag grip dagger that I have owned, it is a very difficult dagger to find. Exc++

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