Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dagger, Unmarked and Refurbished consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Air Ministry King's Crown markings

Air Ministry King's Crown markings and reference numbers

A military decoration awarded in one class only

Instituted 1914 by King WIlhelm II

the reverse shows a man wielding a spade

studio marked “FOTO-KUNST-GOMA

Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dagger, Unmarked and Refurbished consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Air Ministry King's Crown markings(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere, 1. Form). A first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 48. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip. Unmarked, the blade sits securely within a nickel plated alloy crossguard which takes the form of a pair of stylized wings, the centre of which is inset with double sided, gilded,