Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Carl Eickhorn Auction Archive The numbering on the IV

The numbering on the IV Class crosses from the period 1913-1915 range from 1 to 999999

It features a traditional high peak crown with tightly seated and even red piping

Footnote: The Order of the Iron Crown was founded on June 5

symbolizing German dead

the revere with three central oak leaves

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Carl Eickhorn Auction Archive The numbering on the IV(Kriegsmarine Offiziersdolch). A very well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers dress dagger, measuring 41. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long nickel plated magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade bears double sided, acid etched designs consisting of central fouled anchors flanked by arabesque and serpentine imagery. Stamped onto the reverse ricasso is a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN,