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11-17-2010 08:38 PM
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Re: WW2 Nazi dagger/letter opener
It is a salesmans sample dagger used to show the craftsmanship of the factory.
These are very collectable in their own right.
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Re: WW2 Nazi dagger/letter opener
Hi Paul, welcome to the forum and thanks for the thread. As Luke mentions, these were given away as gifts by salesman to promote the firm. They were used as letter openers etc.
Great item and nice to hear the story of how it was liberated.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: WW2 Nazi dagger/letter opener
Thanks Chaps - wow how intreresting. You know it's funny but new stuff gets turned up at every corner while researching this book. I used to use the dagger as a letter opener years ago when I was a teenager! I saw an identical but clearly full scale version of it a year or so ago I think in a movie on TV.
Paul
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Re: WW2 Nazi dagger/letter opener
Hi Paul
Your dagger is based on the Heer (army) officers dagger
if u do search on this forum u will see many full size ones.
There are many different variations and makers of this design
of dagger.
Thats one of the enjoyable aspects of collecting these,and welcome to the forum
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Re: WW2 Nazi dagger/letter opener
looks great! i had the SA little dagger for a while
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Re: WW2 Nazi dagger/letter opener
The tassel is an add-on that was put there to represent an Officer's portipee.
It is not in the style of a full size one, but very nice to read that it was
attached to the dagger when it was 'liberated'.
You may be surprised what these little daggers sell for today...........!
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Re: WW2 Nazi dagger/letter opener
Thanks for the feedback Chaps. What sort of price do these things fetch then - do I need to inrease my home insurance?! Needless to say I would not want to part with it. Paul
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Re: WW2 Nazi dagger/letter opener
Approximately $300-$400...........
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Re: WW2 Nazi dagger/letter opener
Hi, I am new to this board. I have one of these same letter openers from my grandfather who served in the 10th Armored division of US Army. He claimed his came off of the desk of Erwin Rommel.
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