German Army Dress Dagger with Double Etched Blade by PAUL WEYERSBERG & Co

Here on offer is a German Army Dress Dagger with double-etched blade by PAUL WEYERSBERG & Co.

There is a huge amount of debate about “etched blades” as to whether various examples where WW2 era or post WW2.

I personally take the guidance from Thomas Wittmann’s reference books. On page 136 of his book “Exploring the Dress Daggers of the German Army” his view is that this particular design of a right facing eagle without the leaf sprigs below is a genuine period design, BUT so few where made the majority you will find where produced after WW2.

Therefore as I can’t prove exactly when this blade was engraved, I am listing it as a WW2 German Army dagger (possibly a parts dagger) with a post WW2 engraved blade.

The dagger is in excellent condition with the age dulled greyed metal finish to all the mounts and fittings, including the scabbard. These would polish up to a bright finish, if so required.

The early 14 oak leaf pattern Pommel is in excellent condition, showing a crisp outline to the hand finishing of the oak leaves.

The white grip is an early solid trolon/celluloid type, with no cracks or chips.

The spread winged Army Eagle crossguard retains a very fine and crisp detailing to the image, but looks to me to be of the "tomahawk" design produced by WKC.

The ferrule has the finely detailed oak leaf design.

This example still retains its original and correctly tied long silvered portepee, which does show some fraying.

The richly nickel-plated Double Engraved Blade measures 10.25” (26cm) in length and is in stunning near mint condition with just light surface runner marks neat the tip.

The blade has been etched with beautiful arabesque motifs on both sides.

On the obverse is a central frosted panel that features a finely detailed spread winged "right facing" Army Eagle in the centre.

On the reverse the central panel depicts the following gothic dedication:

Fur Langjahrige Treue Dienste
Der Generalstab

Which roughly translates to:

For Years of Long Service
The General Staff


The original factory background frosting is in place and there is no lifting or nicks to the edges.

Also on the reverse it has a clear oval PAUL WEYERSBERG & Co. maker’s trademark (Sword with Laurel Wreath) with the word SOLINGEN underneath.


The blades leather buffer pad is missing.


The silver-plated metal scabbard is dent free and shows some loss of plating mainly to the top and bottom edges. Again the scabbard would polish up to a brighter finish if required.


The throat is held in place by one round-headed screw on the upper edge.

I my opinion the blade on this dagger is a work of art and the dagger would make a great addition to any Army collection.

The Dagger in the scabbard measures a total of 15.7” (39.8cm) long and weighs 375g.

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

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