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Uncleaned
Army Officer Dagger w/Portepee. WKC knight's
helmet TM. Silver-plated hilt fittings show light
surface wear/age patina to the oak leaf embellished
pommel and generic pattern crossguard with small
slope to the brow area between the upper head and
beak of the eagle. Light yellow, solid celluloid
grip has one tiny nick/chip adjacent to pommel,
but no hairline cracks. Polished blade grades Exc+
showing surface wear/runner marks with gray speckling
on obverse/reverse, but no nicks to cutting edges
and is complete with brown leather blade buffer
pad. Dent-free, silver-plated steel scabbard shows
minor surface wear with portions of factory frosting
remaining on edges of shell.. Scabbard features
the post-1937 pattern single side-mounted scabbard
throat retention screw as used by WKC. Dagger is
complete with an Exc+ 42cm portepee which has a
repair to cord adjacent to the stem. This repair
apparently caused the cord to be shortened and necessitated
tying the portepee in a unique style around the
lower portion of the grip. Nice WKC example recently
obtained in Germany. Exc+/Exc++ (24376) $785.



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