Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Lauterjung & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac but this tunic is otherwise

but this tunic is otherwise in great condition

Footnote: Thomas Anthony Darke was born on September 3

The cap measures 280 mm (w) x 110 mm (h)

the Military Order of the Purple Heart

in turn flanked on the band by etched North African imagery

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, by Lauterjung & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac but this tunic is otherwise(Kriegsmarine Dolch fr Offiziere). A Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 41. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip and edges. Dual narrow fullers run the majority of the length of each side of the blade, which also bears double sided, acid etched designs consisting of nautical imagery flanked by arabesque