Slovakia, I Republic. A Rare Air Force Pilot’s Dress Dagger, By Wlaszovits Auction " with a pot suspended

" with a pot suspended over an open fire insignia on the reverse

constructed of a boiled blackened leather shaft with three gilded bronze adornments

marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M1/24" (Overhoff & Cie

which attempted to pick up the survivors from the holocaust

Slovakia, I Republic. A Rare Air Force Pilot’s Dress Dagger, By Wlaszovits Auction " with a pot suspendedA rare and very well preserved Slovakian Air Force pilots dagger measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 22 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. The obverse ricasso bears a makers mark of WLASZOVITS, TS, but the blade is otherwise plain It sits securely within a matte brass upper crossguard with a ribbed outer circumference, which features double sided circular medallions