So would I be quite disappointed and I will deal with this swiftly..if certain tones of arrogance do not change. It's not necessary on this thread. I will chop this thread apart and remove posts soon.
So would I be quite disappointed and I will deal with this swiftly..if certain tones of arrogance do not change. It's not necessary on this thread. I will chop this thread apart and remove posts soon.
Fred if the organisation that issued these knives would have survived the war then it could be Multi generational, but imo that should had easen the question which organisation issued them: in that case owners could be alive and as far as i know non has been sold-advertised with that description.
btw: i asked the EBAY seller if he has a decent picture of the tang markings, that might clearify the type of stamp used, lets wait and see.
Ger
I'm in agreement, for example from the military side of collecting you can have Weimar and Imperial items that I'm going to call "hand me downs" that are TR marked right alongside the new manufacture items. Same item, same user, different time periods. Or on-going production with for example some Czech made items that are both prewar and German Army/Wehrmacht. Then postwar with the only really significant difference being the markings. Best Regards, Fred
That tang marking Ger is a unique find. I've never seen that on another W-L knife. I can't tell from the oblique angle whether the characters are letters or numbers, but the grouping is interesting. A group of four/dash/two/dash/one, such as xxxx-xx-x.
That's how I see it, hopefully better images are found.
I'm also intrigued by the suggestion these knives could have been used post war buy some organization. That is the sort of lateral thinking we need to flush out the truth.
I think that Mac66 is on the right track with a combination of letters and numbers along with dashes and spaces. That being what I'm seeing, I hope that we get some better pictures to be certain of what is there and what it might mean. Best Regards, Fred
Ralph, I think it's probably still more like a mystery now. Ger said it was an EBAY seller that he has asked for better pictures. Oftentimes in the descriptions they specify what the markings are, but apparently not in this instance. That's unfortunate given the fact that the seller had some fairly good pictures of the Ch.A.W. markings that were useful.
And sometimes I've had some luck by digitally modifying the images a little, but with this one not so much. Best Regards, Fred
I just had contact with the former owner of this knife who residents in Austria, he is in contact with the Vienna War Archieves trying to get info about his relatieve, the former recipient of this knife.
He tries to found out what his exact military career was, which unit etc.
Also the search for the "Soldbuch" has started.
Will keep you updated on the results.
The ebay seller does not respond to my request for detailed pics or a description of the tangmarking.....
Ger
Last edited by gerrit; 01-18-2018 at 02:39 PM.
I don't know how much help this will be in determining an outcome for the discussion, but a close copy (but not in all respects) of these knives has surfaced on another forum. Manufactured by Klaas, it looks to be carbon steel with a decorative type of personalization on the crossguard. Best Regards, Fred
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