1st Model Navy Dagger w/Portepee & Retailer Markings. No maker. For more information on the 1929 1st Pattern Navy dagger, see page 80 of Collecting the Edged Weapons of Imperial Germany, Volume I, by LTC (Ret.) Thomas M. Johnson and Thomas T. Wittmann. Gilded brass hilt fittings show light surface wear/age patina with portions of factory gilding remaining in the recesses of the flaming ball/wave-type pommel and crossguard with fouled anchor design. Off-white, celluloid-over-wood grip shows light age toning, with no cracks or chips, and is complete with tight, twisted brass wire wrap. Plain, plated, double-fullered blade grades EX++, showing light surface wear, but no gray shadowing/speckling, pitting or nicks to cutting edges and complete with black leather blade buffer pad. Reverse ricasso is stamped, "D.O.V. BERLIN" (possibly Deutsches Offizier Verein Berlin) the German Navy equivalent of the German Army Clothing Sales store in Berlin. The blade is equipped with a blade locking device, but no push-button activator is housed in the crossguard. The brass lightning bolt pattern scabbard shows light surface wear/age patina with a faint depression on the lower obverse shell, and complete with reef knot style scabbard suspension bands, with the reef knot only on the obverse. Scabbard throat is also stamped, "4". The original silver portepee in correct "reef knot" tie shows age patina, but no wear or fraying. EX+/EX++ (25515) $1,750. HOLD