NVA Officers dagger

[Reibert]

Hi, mates,

I´m not really collectin´ NVA Officers daggers, but, I like them, so ...

Wanna show you this Offiziersdolch der NVA der, (ehemaligen), DDR, (Land- u., Lufteinheiten),worn by a Lieutenant, (a medic).
The Lt. was a member of the engineer regiment 3 .
The officer received the dagger, (Gerätenummer: 42754), in 1977, as far I was told by the seller of the set.

Auctioned this mixed lot, (flag not included), on the cheap, only weeks ago.

The blade shows the "Mühlhausen -Logo", die "Drei Türme", ("The Three Towers"), a segment of the town wall of the city of Mühlhausen, showin´the Rabenturm, (the "Raven´s Tower").

Best regards,
R.

[Blitzvogel]

Excellent pick ups! I love the design of these things as well. I plan to get one of those daggers myself one day.

-Joel

[AZPhil]

Great looking dagger.
Looks like you have the belt and hanger to Boot!!!!
Very Nice!

Semper Fi
Phil

[HARRY THE MOLE]

A nice looking dagger, and especially so with the extra's that go with it. If you got this cheap you did well, as prices are spiralling upwards. I got my own back in 2017 for £125, and it is one of the rarer velvet lined wooden cased ones with an inscription on the back of the scabbard. It is a low serial number of 50, but there is no makers mark to the blade. Click on images to enlarge.

Thanks for showing yours.

Cheers,
Steve

[Watchdog]

Indeed these are attractive items of Cold War regalia.
I always wanted one when I was serving in Berlin before the wall came down and then they could be had for about 200DM, I don't know how that equates to Euro prices today but as Steve says they seem to be appreciating.
Anyway, whilst I was in Berlin I just never got round to it as there was always something else to catch my beady eye

Now have six and I do have to hold myself back when I see another for sale.

Here are a couple of pics of my Generals type which was worn with a gold coloured brocade belt which had gold hangers with different coloured felt backing on the straps; red for heer & others, blue for airforce, green for GT and navy blue for Volksmarine. The Generals dagger also had the Staatswappen on the pommel. Also a picture of the other daggers worn by "Fraternal Nations"

Regards

Mark

[Reibert]

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I always wanted one when I was serving in Berlin before the wall came down and then they could be had for about 200DM, I don't know how that equates to Euro prices today but as Steve says they seem to be appreciating.
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Regards
Mark

Mark, I bougt my dagger at auction, (including the other stuff), in mid-October last year for an amount of Euro´s 225,-- incl. shipping.
Relatively inexpensive, I´d say.

[Watchdog]

Mark, I bougt my dagger at auction, (including the other stuff), in mid-October last year for an amount of Euro´s 225,-- incl. shipping.
Relatively inexpensive, I´d say.

Yes I think that was a good deal. A private sale would cost substantially more and a dealer more than that. You got the lot for a good dagger price

Regards

Mark

[Reibert]

Mark, the same vendor had one dagger more, (together with an uniform !), in another auction on the, particular, auction site for sell, (flag not included).
No bids so far, so I contacted him to ask for an immediate purchase, and, I was lucky actually ! ...

The dagger, and, all the other stuff you can see, I was able to buy for an amount of Euro´s 220,-- and the seller packed the uniform, and, the 2nd dagger, (together with the first dagger of the medic and all of the accessories), in one, single, packet !

The Gerätenummer of the dagger: 69354 (manufactured in the early 80´s ? ).

The seller told me the dagger, and, the uniform, was worn the last time on October 7th 1989.
The date of the very last GDR Ehrenparade/Militärparade !

I guess, it´s the uniform of an Oberleutnant (mot. Schützen ? ).

[Reibert]

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[Blitzvogel]

Very nice set Reibert! It may indeed have been worn, but most of this stuff is unused surplus put together, so you'll never know really.

-Joel