Germany, Luftwaffe. A I Pattern Dagger Field Made Letter Opener 1944 Auction dated 17 January 1943

dated 17 January 1943

: U-boat badge

twice being Mentioned in Despatches

Accompanied by a Miniature Portrait of Paul-Adolphe Dieudonné Thiébault (in oil on canvas

but many individuals continued to wear them against regulation

Germany, Luftwaffe. A I Pattern Dagger Field Made Letter Opener 1944 Auction dated 17 January 1943(Luftwaffe Briefffner). A Luftwaffe commemorative letter opener, constructed of non magnetic polished steel, the obverse blade with an etched inscription of HH. KDR. D. F. A. S. and dates OKTOBER 1943 MAI 1944, transitioning into a ribbed upper crossguard bearing gilded sunwheel style mobile swastikas on each side, with a ribbed handle, completing in a rounded pommel similarly marked on each side with a gilded sunwheel style swastika, unmarked,