Object Details
- Physical Description
- Scabbard for the Luftwaffe Officer's dress dagger; steel sheath with black leather cover; white metal chain hanger with clip
- Summary
- The donor collected this dagger in Germany during the immediate post-war period. He served the U.S. Third Army G-2 Intelligence branch from late June 1944 until the late summer of 1945.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Manufacturer
- Gebr. Heller
- Credit Line
- Donated by Eric M. Lipman
- Materials
- Steel
- Silver Alloy
- Solder
- Leather
- Adhesive
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Overall): 34.1 × 1.9 × 21cm (13 7/16 × 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)
- 3-D (Scabbard): 34.1 × 4.1 × 1.9cm (13 7/16 × 1 5/8 × 3/4 in.)
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Weapon
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