help identify WW1 german knife

[bigmacglenn]

It's a knife that could be purchased on the civilian market for military use...
cheers, Glenn

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[Larry C]

Hi Mali..this maker was from Solingen- Grafrath..which may be also affiliated with the Producer Koch & Rau of Stuttgart. In my cutlery listing..Gebr Rau..made boot knives. No other information is available for this maker at this time.

Koch & Rau...are listed to be established in 1863,,who made pocket knives,, scissors,,butcher carvers and straight razors....also SA daggers. Regards Larry

[Reibert]

..this maker was from Solingen- Grafrath..which may be also affiliated with the Producer Koch & Rau of Stuttgart. In my cutlery listing..Gebr Rau..made boot knives. No other information is available for this maker at this time.

Koch & Rau...are listed to be established in 1863,,who made pocket knives,, scissors,,butcher carvers and straight razors....also SA daggers. Regards Larry

Here producers of such army daggers, who made them in this version during the First World War:

Ferd. Müller, Münster i.W.;
Gebr. Dittmar, Heilbronn;
Jetter & Scherer, Aesculap Werke, Tuttlingen, Württemberg;
DEMAG, (Deutsche Maschinenfabrik AG, Duisburg);
Engelswerk;
Paul Seilheimer, Solingen;
ERN, Rasiermesserfabrik, Solingen, Wald;
F.A. NIPPEL;
OMEGA, Josef Feist, Solingen;
Köller;
H. Böker & Co. Solingen,
Eduard Wüsthof, Dreizackwerk, Solingen;
DELTA, Hugo Linder, Solingen;
Leupold, Gefrees;
Robert Herder, Solingen-Ohligs;
Daniel Herder, Ohligs Solingen;
Emil Hermes, Solingen;
Gebr. Rauh, Gräfrath-Solingen;
MARKE PFEILRING;
SOLINGEN;
Emil Gustav Maus, Stahlwarenfabrik, Solingen

By the way, the stamp mark on the push button designates a compass rose.

[Anderson]

Nice looking knife, well worth a re-look.

[Reibert]

Here producers of such army daggers, who made them in this version during the First World War:

Ferd. Müller, Münster i.W.;
Gebr. Dittmar, Heilbronn;
Jetter & Scherer, Aesculap Werke, Tuttlingen, Württemberg;
DEMAG, (Deutsche Maschinenfabrik AG, Duisburg);
Engelswerk;
Paul Seilheimer, Solingen;
ERN, Rasiermesserfabrik, Solingen, Wald;
F.A. NIPPEL;
OMEGA, Josef Feist, Solingen;
Köller;
H. Böker & Co. Solingen,
Eduard Wüsthof, Dreizackwerk, Solingen;
DELTA, Hugo Linder, Solingen;
Leupold, Gefrees;
Robert Herder, Solingen-Ohligs;
Daniel Herder, Ohligs Solingen;
Emil Hermes, Solingen;
Gebr. Rauh, Gräfrath-Solingen;
MARKE PFEILRING;
SOLINGEN;
Emil Gustav Maus, Stahlwarenfabrik, Solingen

By the way, the stamp mark on the push button designates a compass rose.

Another maker:
F.E.D. OHLIGER, SOLINGEN