Hitler Youth Knife

[georgi]

Hello. I want to show here in the forum the last dagger I acquired to get other opinions. I have searched many sites on the internet for this exact dagger and have only found one exact match, but if it is a fake there may have been more than one made. All the other daggers had some differences with mine. I also read various articles on how to distinguish fakes, but seeing photos on the forum to what perfection the counterfeiters have reached, I can't be sure of my own opinion. All the details look correct, but the dagger looks very well preserved, which is doubtful. There is also a slight offset to the top rivet, there is also slight wear under the hanger strap, there is also a cotton pad on the scabbard slide.

[4737carlin]

Does the enamel diamond move it you slightly press one end of it? Im told originals will have some slight movement and can be one way to help

[paulscoot]

Looks a good mid period Anton Wingen to me, Regards Paul

[Tim030]

I agree. Looks original to me and very well preserved.

Tim

[Larry C]

Great Find Georgi

1936 Production period Version 2 not having the punctuation mark " period " after the "M" on the RZM .
Anodized scabbard is correct and including the single cloth runner in the scabbard

Regards Larry

[ATK]

Definetely original.

Congrats...

[georgi]

The enamel diamond is fixed and I don't notice it moving.Thanks Georgi.

[georgi]

Hello. Thanks for the opinions. They are useful for me and now I can rest easy. Without your opinions, there is always some doubt.

Thanks Georgi.

[gerrit]

All as it should be on the mid period Wingen, i had a couple myself and this is textbook.

BTW a lot of Wingen knives do not have any movement on the diamond, all depends on the way the attacted the sprongs of the diamond to the plate.

Cheers
Ger