1st Model Navy Dagger w/"Depot" Markings & Rare 15-Year Service "Waffenmeister" Portepee. Carl Eickhorn (stamped "C.E." squirrel double oval) TM. For more information on the 1929 1st Pattern Navy dagger, see page 80 of Collecting the Edged Weapons of Imperial Germany. Brass hilt fittings show surface wear with portions of gilting remaining in recesses of the flaming ball/wave type pommel and crossguard with fouled anchor design. Off-white celluloid-over-wood grip shows light surface wear, with one small hairline crack on lower reverse adjacent to ferrule. Is complete with tight twisted brass wire wrap. Plain, double-fullered, plated blade grades excellent+ showing light surface wear with some light gray shadowing/speckling. Is complete with brown leather blade buffer pad. Reverse ricasso is stamped with the control number, "0.808", indicating this dagger was the property of Ostseestation headquartered in Kiel. Is additionally stamped with the Weimar eagle over "M". Blade is equipped with the blade locking device, but no push-button activator is housed in the crossguard. Brass lightning bolt pattern scabbard shows light surface wear with several depressions on obverse and reverse, primarily towards the tip. Scabbard is complete with reef knot style scabbard suspension bands, with the reef knot only on the obverse. Scabbard throat is also stamped with the Weimar eagle over "M" depot stamp. Attached to the dagger is an original, aged silver bullion w/blue flecks portepee in proper reef knot tie, showing uniform age and fraying to the cord. This rare portepee was used to indicate 15 years of service by a Waffenmeister which was a civil official in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant serving as an Armorer. Textbook example of a 1929 pattern Navy dagger with Depot markings and rare portepee. Exc/Exc+ (20162) $1,995.