Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Alexander Coppel GTRexclude Canada General Service Button (in

Canada General Service Button (in brass

the France and Germany Star (service from February 21

retaining its crossgraining

The reverse of the sweatband is stamped with a size mark of “58” in black ink

Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Alexander Coppel GTRexclude Canada General Service Button (in(Heer Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Heer officers dagger, measuring 425 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 265 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened edges. The blade is unmarked with the exception of a makers stamp near the reverse ricasso of ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the former firm of Alexander Coppel. It sits securely within the silvered zink alloy upper crossguard, the obverse