1936 Chained SS Dagger. No maker. This dagger as well as several other edged weapons was recently obtained from the widow of a Florida WW II veteran and retired Army Colonel. As stated on pages 28 - 31 of Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich, Volume V, 1936 Chained SS daggers produced during the 1936-1937 period can be found with a combination of nickel-silver & plated fittings, anodized & painted scabbards, and Type I & Type II chain hangers. This example exhibits some of the above variations. Nickel-silver crossguards and pommel nut show minor surface wear with minor wear/yellow age patina. Black Ebony grip shows light surface wear, with a repair on the lower obverse and reverse and a small hairline crack, all adjacent to the lower crossguard, but no damage to the properly inset silver grip eagle and SS insert. Mirror polished blade grades EX+ showing light runner marks, minor gray shadowing/speckling several tiny nicks to the cutting edges, but no pitting or damage to the blade tip. Dent-free steel scabbard retains approximately 95% of the original satin-finish black enamel with minor wear/chipping where chain hanger has rubbed against the scabbard shell. Nickel-silver upper, center, and lower scabbard fittings show light age patina with a few small depressions to the reverse lower fitting and three small depressions to the lower ball, but no splitting to the seam, and no damage to the scabbard screws. The center scabbard band with much factory darkening is retained by one screw as normally seen on painted scabbards. Solid-nickel, non-magnetic Type II chain hanger features excellent detail to the chain links with portions of factory darkening remaining in the background. Chain hanger is lightly SS proof marked on the reverse and features the non-cutout cloverleaf and beveled upper connectors. EX+/EX++ (26286) $7,500.