SS Honour Dagger [Ernst Röhm] by Eickhorn Solingen

SS [Schutzstaffel] Honour  Dagger in early Version. Modell 1933. The dagger is in EXC++ condition throughout. This early SS Dagger is with full Ernst Röhm inscription by Carl Eickhorn Solingen and it is from KZ Commandant of Buchenwald Hermann Pister.

Grip: Early nickel-silver pommel nut and crossguards show light surface wear/age patina with the underside of the lower crossguard stamped with the bench number “4”. The crossguard are marked SS Number of Hermann Pister [29892]. The early ebony grip shows light surface wear. The grip features early quality grip-to-crossguard fit, and both the nickel-silver eagle and SS insert are properly inset with no chipping.

Blade: Mirror polished blade grades near mint showing light runner marks, minor gray speckling, no damage to the blade tip. The crisp, deeply etched SS-motto Meine Ehre heißt Treue «My honor is loyalty» and Himmler inscription In herzlicher Kameradschaft Ernst Röhm retain 100% of the medium gray background frosting. The reverse ricasso of the blade is matching-etched formed by the firm's name and location, “Carl Eickhorn Solingen”, serrated tail squirrel within small double-oval TM. The blade shoulders perfectly meet the lower crossguard contour.

Scabbard: Dent-free steel scabbard retains approximately 98% of the original anodization and factory lacquer with no crazing or oxidation. Nickel-silver scabbard fittings with screws.

Weblinks:

• NS-Dokumentationszentrum Rheinland-Pfalz: Hermann Pister
• Wikipedia: Hermann Pister
• Welt.de: So wurde das KZ Buchenwald tatsächlich befreit
• Bild.de: Die letzten 24 Stunden von Buchenwald
• Scrapbookpages: The Trial of Hermann Pister - Commandant of Buchenwald
• Britannica.com: German SS officer Hermann Pister

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