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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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