2 x Dagger identifications

**jasperb182** · 07-23-2012, 09:13 PM

Hello All,

Can I please have some help with a Dagger Identification, my Dad bought them 3 or 4 years ago and he has now passed away.
He always wanted me me sell them but I would like to find some info on them first.

Dagger 1

Dagger 2

Thanks

Marc

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 07-23-2012 09:13 PM

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**Adrian Stevenson** · 07-23-2012, 09:19 PM

1 is a Kreigsmarine dagger

2 is 2nd pattern Luftwaffe dagger.

Cheers, Ade.

**davejb** · 07-23-2012, 09:32 PM

Very nice but both daggers are in the scabbards the wrong way

**StuG III** · 07-23-2012, 09:36 PM

by davejb

Very nice but both daggers are in the scabbards the wrong way

You didn't let Ade say it...... :-)

Tom

**davejb** · 07-23-2012, 10:09 PM

Sorry Ade, im stealing your thunder, but i also have the same niggle about scabbards

**jasperb182** · 07-23-2012, 10:12 PM

thanks guys, I have now rotated them!!!

I have also just found the hangers for the Kreigsmarine dagger.

Does anyone know what they are worth?

**Wagriff** · 07-23-2012, 11:04 PM

With the nice KM hangers and portapee knot, I'd value the WKC KM at about a $1500-maybe $1650 on a good day.(The hangers are worth just about the same as the Dagger itself!) The Luft with portapee knot? Maybe $625 to 675. But keep in Mind, this is what you would pay to a Seller. What a seller will Give you for it, is considerably less! A third to half less is not out of the norm.

**Larry C** · 07-24-2012, 12:30 AM

Hi Jasperb welcome to the forum! You have a nice plain bladed example, ( looks to be late production ). If I may add to what Wagriff has already said ,, much of the pricing would also be set on overall condition of each piece. It can range from $750- 4000. Condition alone does not make it $4000 but personalizations, dedications, rare maker logos, the motifs on the blade panels, and any remaining guilding,, play a big part in overall worth.

On The 2nd Luft dagger with the Orange grip,,I see a little chain around the pommel,, did that come with the dagger? regards Larry

**operaman** · 07-24-2012, 02:57 AM

Hey Jasper,if I were you I would check with Paul at Lakesidtrader.com.Check out his site so you can see what similar blades are going for.Send other pictures taken with a digital camera not a phone and be sure to take pictures of both blades out of the scarbberds.Cheers Operaman

**Wagriff** · 07-24-2012, 06:11 AM

On The 2nd Luft dagger with the Orange grip,,I see a little chain around the pommel,, did that come with the dagger? regards Larry

I noticed that little chain too, Larry! I was wondering about it myself! It kind of looks like a little bracelet type of thing was wrapped around it. One can only imagine what the story behind it must have been!