Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dagger, By E. & F. Hörster Archive his Department of National Defence

his Department of National Defence - Naval Service War Service Badge Certificate ("General Service" Class "A"

Camberley and served on the Staff at the Ministry of Defence as a colonel

one lion insignia with a raised hook

Dietl commanded the 3rd Mountain Division

Footnote: Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub was born in Obrazhiyevka

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dagger, By E. & F. Hörster Archive his Department of National Defence(Kriegsmarine Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dagger, measuring 42. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long nickel plated magnetic steel dagger with a sharpened tip and edge, and dual fullers running approximately two thirds of the length of each side. The blade bears double sided acid etched designs consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by serpentine and arabesque imagery. A makers