New buy: SS-Dienstdolch Modell 1936

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Guys, as these are always popular items, I thought that I would share this with you. Bought locally two weeks ago from just a few miles up the road from me. It was a very good buy and came with a KM dagger and an RZM SA (minus scabbard) and K98 bayonet with matching serial numbers. I will show all of these on the forum too.

The blade is not in great condition. I am told the Veteran who brought it home used it to dig out weeds from his garden The grip is made of Ebony wood and has no chips.

But the scabbard and chains make up for the blade condition. Just look at the original black burnishing and protective lacquer to the 2nd pattern chains. The scabbard has the so called anodised (blued) finish.

Cheers, Ade.

[colt45]

Excellent SS dagger, good job!

[Zable]

That is a very nice example.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Thanks Guys.

I would now like to get another 1936 pattern dagger with the so called "first pattern" chain. The deathsheads on the chain can be found in three versions. The "third pattern" which I have on the Dr Lolling dagger is the rarest to find. This is similar in shape to the first pattern but the nose on the skull has a septum ( a bone which divides the nose into two ). The SS runic marking on the back of the chain is also different between the two basic patterns.

Cheers, Ade.

[Dimas]

Very nice catch Ade, they are not a cheap daggers. Congrats to finding one like that!

[Hal]

Ade, congratulations on a great find! Thanks for showing. Hal

[Mac 66]

Ade great finds, imagine using this chained SS dagger to do the weeding, the rest of the dagger looks in very good condition, Congrats
Regards Scott.

[Alan M]

love it Ade , fantastic looker for display who made it ?

cheers Al

[Adrian Stevenson]

Thanks for the comments Guys

In reference to the maker. All chained SS daggers were not maker marker, so the actual maker is unknown.

Cheers, Ade.

[Alan M]

Thanks Ade , i wasn`t aware of that . I wonder if that was for the same reason that some top end Japanese swords were unmarked when passed over to high ranking dignitaries , as it was seen as slightly insulting and not the done thing to stamp a mark on an item of such quality .

cheers Al