Original German WWII Early 1st Model Luftwaffe Dagger by Robert Klaas with Scabbard & Belt Hanger Chain Antique Remingtons Durban Mounted Rifles and Transvaal

Durban Mounted Rifles and Transvaal Range rs did wear plates

The 101st captured all but one bridge

and looks to be of the SUGUHA (straight) type

This is only the second example of a Schaaff knife that we have ever seen

so it was put into service either during or post war as a cutting implement

Original German WWII Early 1st Model Luftwaffe Dagger by Robert Klaas with Scabbard & Belt Hanger Chain Antique Remingtons Durban Mounted Rifles and TransvaalOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a very nice 1st Model Luftwaffe Dagger from the late 1930s, made by the rare firm of Robert Klaas, Feine Solinger Stahlwaren (Fine Solingen Steelware). It has the earliest pattern fittings, which were a mixture of alloy and steel (on the scabbard), and were both plated and then coated with a type of blue oxide or paint. As the finish ages, it gives them a lovely patina from the degradation of the top finish, as