Nickel Silver Storm Trooper’s Dagger by Herder – D1009
Offering a nice “untouched” early SA in this listing, in which the condition is quite appealing to the purest 3rd Reich edged weapons collector. Though not all that terribly high on the rarity chart, this Herder SA is right up there in regards to condition desirability. Take a look.
Typical for the F. Herder edged weapon firm, the grip to this SA dagger is a very dark chocolate brown. The wood remains in wonderful condition, exhibiting only a few pressure marks and surface imperfections. A nicely toned nickel silver eagle has been expertly place in the center of the obverse, displaying fine relief detail throughout. As for the runes button at the top, it too is in very nice condition in regards to the enamel, as well as the silver highlights to the SA letters and circle border. Both upper and lower crossguards have a beautiful undisturbed patina over their surfaces, as nothing has been cleaned nor polished on this edged weapon since being returned from WWII as a souvenir.
A nice scabbard accompanies this Herder SA. The shell remains straight, void of any hits, dings, bends, or splits. While what you are seeing on the surface you might think to be detracting oxidation, it’s actually not. This scabbard still retains 90% of the factory protective lacquer over it’s anodized surface. What you are seeing in the photos is the crazing of that product brought about after nearly 90 years of time gone by. As most collectors will tell you, seeing this much remaining clear lacquer on any introductory early SA is the exception to what is normally encountered. Both upper and lower nickel fittings are snug to the shell, and have taken on a beautiful golden patina that matches the hilt hardware to a tee.
Lastly, we finish up with the blade. And it’s just a sweet example which is virtually untouched. It remains full length, void of any sharpening, tipping, buffing, polishing, or cutting edge chips. While there are a few surface imperfections present, a wonderful fine line muted crossgrain more than dimishes and overshadows those challenges. A typical as well as unique Herder burnished Alles fur Deutschland moto is shown etched straight as an arrow, and directly down the center of the obverse of this blade. On the reverse, the crossed key trademark of the F. Herder edged weapon firm.
Looking for a nice, uncleaned, untouched early SA? This one has it all, and then some! SOLD