Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer's Dagger With General’s Hanger, By Lauterjung & Co. Hold Footnote: General Sir Edward Selby

Footnote: General Sir Edward Selby Smyth

it was raining heavily

1942 and signed by a Senior Lieutenant and Battery Chief

the inner two rows dominated by the gold threading

After various stops in Ontario (Tilsonburg (June 13th)

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer's Dagger With General’s Hanger, By Lauterjung & Co. Hold Footnote: General Sir Edward Selby(Luftwaffe Dolch mit Anhnger). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 430 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 265 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade presents plain with the exception of a makers mark near the reverse ricasso of PUMA, SOLINGEN, beneath a stylized pumas head, for the firm of Lauterjung & Co., Solingen. It sits securely within a silvered zink alloy