1st Model Luftwaffe Dagger by SMF

German WWII > Edged Weapons > Luftwaffe, DLV & NSFK Daggers > 1st Model Luftwaffe Daggers

A 1st Model Luftwaffe Fliegerdolch by SMF (Solinger Metallwarenfabrik Stoecker & Co.) of Solingen. The plated blade on this one sports the etched “SMF Solingen” maker mark below a Luftwaffe inspection mark. The plating on this gives it a mirror like finish. There are some scuff to the blade that you have to turn the blade just so in the sun to see but they are there. It's like the blade was rubbed against a stone or such. The fit remains nice and tight and the tip comes to a nice point! The blade rates an Exc+. The original blue pebbled leather buffer pad continues to remain intact. The steel based blue pebbled, leather scabbard body looks good. It shows the odd scuff and wear in the areas it would have rubbed in period use. 97%+ of the leather coverage remains intact. It has some leather loss to the upper seam. The silvered nickel scalloped scabbard fittings remain in nice condition. The fittings are tightly secured with all five original screws! The nickel chain has 12 lower and 7 upper ringlets that ends at a well working nickel clip. The hilt looks excellent! The four brass gilded sun wheel swastikas are just beautiful and best of all the backgrounds retain their silver backgrounds. They are not all polished down to the base brass. So many times these are polished right out! This shows no evidence of cleaning and has patinaed dark. The grip leather matches the scabbard quite nicely and shows some scuffs. It shows period age toning. The three wire wrap remains tightly intact. A nice early and nickel piece.