Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Alexander Coppel Auction Archive Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm I

Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm I 19 July 1870

his war service beginning with C23

The medal shall be awarded only for operations for which no other U

164th Infantry Battalion "Halton and Dufferin Battalion" (browning copper

once folded in half and in slightly worn condition

Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Alexander Coppel Auction Archive Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm I(Heer Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Heer officers dagger, measuring 425 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 265 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened edges. The blade is unmarked with the exception of a makers stamp near the reverse ricasso of ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the former firm of Alexander Coppel. It sits securely within the silvered zink alloy upper crossguard, the obverse