Original photos showing daggers/swords in wear.

**zwerge** · 10-31-2009, 10:19 PM

Hermann Meyer.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 10-31-2009 10:19 PM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**j dubbel** · 10-31-2009, 10:55 PM

here`s my adition

not that great of quality but did it on purpose

notice the sword and 1ste model luftwaffe dagger

cheers

**zwerge** · 11-01-2009, 03:36 PM

Two more.

**85ronnies** · 11-01-2009, 09:11 PM

very nice pic's enjoyed them lot's

thanx for posting them
cheers Ronnie

**Paul D** · 11-02-2009, 05:50 PM

Harald Nugiseks on the Narva Front.

**Reibert** · 11-07-2009, 09:41 PM

Hewer

**drdata** · 01-17-2010, 09:53 PM

Bump for a great thread. Not sure why, but I find it ultra cool that dagger, or even sword, could be official uniform at that late stage in history.

IIRC, none of the pics showed *both* a sword and dagger at the same time. I always assumed they complimented each other. Any insite one when they would opt for the longer? Did all who qualified for a dagger automatically get a sword also, or is the latter more for officers/NCO (or the equivalent, sorry for for not knowing correct German terms)?

**Adrian Stevenson** · 01-17-2010, 10:11 PM

It was an either or situation: both were never worn at the same time. Indeed, many organisations never had swords.

Very broadly speaking, swords were generally worn by Officers in the Third Reich. Also worn by NCO's in the Heer and SS.

Cheers, Ade.

**einflieger** · 01-20-2010, 05:36 PM

Neat stuff and terrific thread! Here are a few photos from my private collection, including an original era photo of NSFK Korpsfuhrer Friedrich Christiansen wearing this dagger.