M1929 “1st Pattern” Naval Depot Kriegsmarine Dagger by Carl Eickhorn with 1938 “Replacement” Eagle Pommel

Here on offer is an original “untouched” condition, M1929 “1st Pattern” Naval Depot Kriegsmarine Dagger by Carl Eickhorn with 1938 style “Replacement” eagle pommel.

There is a great reference to this specific type of Carl Eickhorn dagger along a photo showing the blade markings, on page 212 of Thomas Wittmann’s excellent reference book, Exploring the Dress Daggers of the German Navy.

Overall this dagger has a very dark aged patina to the brass/gilt finish, which I personally think is gorgeous.
Very little of the original gilt remains to the fittings or scabbard.

The excellent condition grip is ivory in colour and the celluloid over wood version, which still has its original twisted grip brass wire. There is a tiny split at the base where it sits in the cross guard, but this would be covered over if a portepee was fitted.

The gilt brass pommel is a well-sculptured example of the 1938 “Replacement” eagle type that where produced in large quantities and disbursed to naval garrisons, shipyards and even ships at sea, so that the old flame style pommels could be exchanged for this new Nazi version.
As long as the pommel was facing outward when tight on the grip, it was deemed to be allowed. This meant that in some cases and this dagger is one such case, it would now be worn and placed in the scabbard ‘backwards’, so the back of the blade faced the front as it was drawn from the scabbard, showing the recessed blade lock and markings.

The brass crossguard is the fouled anchor type, but has been made with no provision for a release button in the reverse of the crossguard.
So on this model, to remove the blade from the scabbard, you just need to pull relatively hard, that’s how it was designed.

The Plain Double fullered blade is in excellent condition with some light pitting/loss of plating near the tip and top of the ricasso.

On the ricasso there is a hardly recognisable light impression of the early small double oval trademark for Carl Eickhorn. You can just make out the letters HORN the * and the N at the end of Solingen.
It is also stamped with the Weimar “Eagle over M”, navel proof mark, which is also repeated on the top of the scabbard throat.
There is also a Naval base reference number 0.770 stamped on the ricasso and the top of the reverse of the scabbard. I can’t find a reference to this particular number (I know 0.745 is Ostsee at Kiel). If anybody can help that would be appreciated.

It still retains its dark blue felt scabbard buffer pad.

The lightning pattern scabbard is in great condition with a couple of shallow “train door dents”.This has resulted in a very slight upwards curvature to the end of the scabbard. It still retains its two rounded scabbard screws.

The blade measures 9.7” (24.5cm) and the dagger itself 14.8” (37.7cm) long.

It weighs 345g.

Please see my pictures for the details of the condition, which complement this description.

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