Germany, Luftwaffe. A Dedicated Miniature Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Stocker & Co. Auction white and brown embroidery on

white and brown embroidery on dark brown rayon

Lowder was reduced to the rank of Private due to "inefficiency"

arriving in England on February 3

106mm (w) x 10mm (h)

First Class 1957 Version - Post WWII Federal Republic of Germany

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Dedicated Miniature Officer’s Dress Dagger, By Stocker & Co. Auction white and brown embroidery on(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch Miniatur). A well preserved miniature Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 24 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 15 cm long nickel plated magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. Etched onto the obverse of the blade is an inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE 3. 610 (possibly indicating Flakscheinwerfer Abteilung 610). The ricasso is also stamped with the logo of Stocker & Co.,