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Hermann Goring's lost dagger
Guys,I read somewhere a while back that Goring had a very special dagger made for him around 1940 it was encrusted with Ruby's and diamonds and gold.I also read that the dagger was brought to England after the war and put on display at a London exhibition and mysteriously disappeared after the show! any comments, has anyone else ever heard of this ,has it turned up in estate somewhere? I can see some 95 year old ex Royal Marine clinging to it and wanting to be buried with the dagger(joke)
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01-16-2011 12:49 AM
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Re: Hermann Goring's lost dagger
Yes I have heard this story, I heard it was " acquired" by someone after the exhibition closed. Hasn't been seen since. Much like the story of goerings field Marshall baton. One was on display, whilst another was found by an American soldier. There's much debate as to which baton was his official one and which was his back up!!!
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It's sort of like having the stolen Mona Lisa,you sit in a basement and admire all by your self.The most fun in collecting anything is showing off.
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Re: Hermann Goring's lost dagger
The dagger was Goring's Reich's Marshall dagger. it is well established now that it was stolen by a U.S. G.I. soon after the exhibition. He returned with it back to the states and removed most of the precious stones destroying the dagger in the process. Pieces of it it were found in the 1990's.
The G.I. supposedly made his wife a 'diamond bracelet' from the diamonds.
This incident was reported in one of the dagger books by Tom Johnson.
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Re: Hermann Goring's lost dagger
Might have known that a GI would do such a dumb thing,destroying a priceless art object to turn it into a bobble that will probably end up in a pawn shop.I am going to try a google the question and see what come up.Thanks for the information.
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Oh my God,what a waste.You know there is a saying over here it goes ""stupid is as stupid does"
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Re: Hermann Goring's lost dagger
In 1961 German military relics had very little value regardless of who they belonged to. The only value then for the dagger was the stones. It certainly wasn't the first time a relic was disasembled for it base elements. The silver and gold religious items from the second Jerusalem temple 2 thousand years ago were melted down and used to pay for the construction of the roman coliseum around 70 AD, which was in turn ,during the middle ages, stripped of its marble facad and sold for building material. A story as old as man. I seem to remember German helmets being worth a dollar a piece in 1961.
Unfortunate? Yes. Stupid? No.
SteveR
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Re: Hermann Goring's lost dagger
Sorry I disagree,it was a stupid thing to do.He knew what it was and knew what it was worth which makes me think that he came across it illegally and thought he would get in trouble for taking the item out of Germany.
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