NPEA Graduation Student Dagger, P178 - Karl Burgsmuller - Berlin-Charlottenburg 5.

NPEA Graduation Student Dagger, P178 - Karl Burgsmuller - Berlin-Charlottenburg 5.

NPEA Student Dagger by Karl Burgsmuller. A beautiful piece here. Type 1 KARL BURGSMULLER in an arch above BERLIN, CHARLOTTENBURG 5 Distributor Mark/TM. Nickel-silver crossguards show only faint surface wear/age and no damage with tang properly secured. Lower obverse crossguard is stamped P178. The Potsdam NPEA was from 1934 to 1938 as a prepatory school for younger students. Reddish-brown, fine-grained wooden grip shows only light wear. Polished blade grades EXC++ with minor surface wear/runner marks and some minor speckling but, no nicks and no damage to cutting edge. Crisp, deeply-etched motto, Mehr sein als scheinen. (Be More Than You Appear to Be) displays the correct standard s in the second and fourth word. The inscription features dark background frosting with contrasting open space to the left of each letter, and the blade is complete with a rust/brown felt buffer pad. Dent-free steel scabbard retains approximately 90% of the original olive drab enamel showing light surface wear to the undamaged lower ball and obverse frog stud. Dagger is complete with marked leather frog - Otto Sindel, Berlin.

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