Mint Social Welfare Officer’s Dagger – D1073
Few 3rd Reich produced edged weapons have survived over 80 years in the mint condition as the one we are listed in this offering. If you’ve been in search of one of these Social Welfare officer’s daggers, look no further. As it just doesn’t get any better than what you see here.
The obverse of this Trolon handle projects a light pumpkin orange color, where as the reverse a lemon yellow. It’s a neat appearance of how this unstable product changed colors probably due to environmental light and heat exposure. The grip remains in perfect condition, being void of any splits, cracks, or missing chunks of material. These hilt assemblies at times are prone to a little shrinkage, and often can be a bit loose. Though nice and tight you can see where the pommel star nut is slightly recessed down a little from the butt end of the pommel itself. This was probably due to the shrinkage that I’ve mentioned in the last statement. No biggie here, because you don’t want these grips loose wiggling around when handled, and prone to being damaged by the blade tang that runs through the middle of them. The steel base nickel plated fittings displaying just slight typical bubbling imperfections associated most often with the components on the hilt of these edged weapons. A dark burnished crossguard is shows with an undisturbed patina over it’s surface to complete the assembly.
The gorgeous scabbard to this dagger remains in fantastic condition throughout. The shell is straight, void of any hits, creases, splits, or major dings. As with the crossguard, the surface of this scabbard has a beautiful dark patina which has developed in the recesses of the pebbled relief design of both the obverse and reverse. It’s interesting that at the throat on the reverse there is an intentional little letter “s” pressed into the pebbling. Most likely an identifying character made by the owner of this edged weapon to keep track of his dress dagger, thereby giving it this little property mark or intended initial. Both scabbard bands are properly set in place, and remain straight to the hanger ring holes. 2 un-touched screws secure the throat.
As for the blade, it can only be described as drop dead, stone mint!
A truly beautiful and minty, Nazi era Social Welfare officer’s dolch. SOLD