Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, First Pattern, By Alcoso consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked "GF" (gold filled)

marked "GF" (gold filled)

inscribed "P O W" above and "1941-45" below

1 Casualty Clearing Station

46mm (x71mm including suspension)

Just after the Armistice

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Dagger, First Pattern, By Alcoso consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked "GF" (gold filled)(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch). A well preserved, first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 49 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long nickel plated magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The pristine blade is maker marked on the reverse ricasso ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the former firm of Alexander Coppel, circumscribing its classic scale logo. The blade sits firmly within a nickel plated alloy