Sa marked on the tang under blade

**pammy** · 05-05-2010, 12:59 AM

Do some blades have a marke under the hadle?and are all crosgaurds marked with a letter?thanks this is a solid nickle iam talking abought?thanks guys

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 05-05-2010 12:59 AM

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**pammy** · 05-05-2010, 01:18 AM

It looks like a t . With a period and its raised?

**pammy** · 05-05-2010, 03:54 AM

well thanks guys but i did some searching and found out that adolf volker blades had this on most of this maker they call it an anchor.

**Walkwolf** · 05-05-2010, 04:09 AM

Hi Pammy !

It's good to see this on the tang.

The letter (or letters) on the crossguard is the locale where the dagger
was issued from. ie: 'No' = 'Nordsee '..... 'SW' = 'Sud West'.....etc.
You should be able to find a list on the net, or possibly a thread
on the forum. It is interesting to know.

Regards, Steve.

**pammy** · 05-05-2010, 04:12 AM

thanks so much steve!!,is this why there is no mark on cross gaurd?

**Walkwolf** · 05-05-2010, 04:30 AM

by pammy

thanks so much steve!!,is this why there is no mark on cross gaurd?

No, the mark on the tang is totally different
than the 'Gruppe' mark on the crossguard.
Some daggers did not have letters
on their crossguards.

Is your scabbard a black NSKK?

Regards, Steve.

**pammy** · 05-05-2010, 04:34 AM

no i dont think so as its just a purple/dark brown look.as to the tang on blade what does that mean?thanks steve

**Walkwolf** · 05-05-2010, 09:16 AM

by pammy

no i dont think so as its just a purple/dark brown look.as to the tang on blade what does that mean?thanks steve

Hi, Pammy !

The stamp on the tang is called a 'proof mark' sometimes used as an acceptance mark
from a factory or forge. This is common practice in the making of blades from many
countries. It means the blade is 'worthy' and that certain manufacturing standards
have been achieved - It has been "Proved".

Hope this helps.........

!

Regards, Steve.

**R.R** · 05-05-2010, 03:59 PM

by pammy

thanks so much steve!!,is this why there is no mark on cross gaurd?

Pammy,

Prior the RZM system was implanted SA daggers issueds from the SA gruppes was inspected directly for the gruppes and they marked it's crossguards with the gruppe initials as a inspection markings. But some SA members purchased they daggers out they SA units, directly from the makers. These daggers don't had the SA inspection markings applied on it's crossguards.

Regards,

Ricardo

**pammy** · 05-05-2010, 04:23 PM

hi,thats realy neat and nice to know,know i know why this is addictive!!there is so much history on german things it seems they tryed or did almost everything perfect?so mine was a private purchase ?thats realy nice to know and i thank you for the info.,your dagger looks very nice by the way!i cant wait until these astats sales start turning up some daggers,,a few years back i bought some i paid $100 on the army and luft daggers and the navy was $250 but back then the addict in me did not come out as i sold them on e-bay and e-bay of corse kicked them off and luckly someone e-mailed me and i doubled my money,witch now i wish i still had them!!i do remember when i sent the pictures to the guy and he replyed oh ,one of your armys has a glass grip??well i said like a dummy oh you can have that one for what i paid for it,,,stupit stupit me,,as now iam learning as iam always trying to learn as much as i can ,the glass grip daggers are rare!!oh well we all have regrets,,but they will show up again ,well i hope..thanks again ..pammy