Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Province of China The three stars on the

The three stars on the obverse are symbolic of the three wounds received by Brigadier Sampaio at the battle of Tuiuti in 1866

consisting of an oval oak wrath joined together at the base by a ribbon and topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika

made of silver and marked 925

He is buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Osceola

" having bought a yellow Buick convertible

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Carl Eickhorn Province of China The three stars on the(Heer Dolch fr Offiziere). A very well preserved Heer Officers dress dagger, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic logo of a squirrel clutching a sword. It sits securely within a nickel plated