I have a WWII era Nazi dagger that I took in trade a number of years back but I really have no use for it and it belongs in a collection. What I am trying to do is assign a reasonable value to it and sell it.
The dagger is a "Brown Shirts" dagger which has a symmetrical double edged blade with a curved wooden handle complete with brown steel sheath and leather hanger. The blade is Solingen and marked Aesculapius as the manufaturer, I assume. The blade has never been sharpened and is marked "Alles fur Deutschland" in Germanic script.
The finish on the blade is very highly polished with a sort of watery set of fine lines over the entire surface. This finish would be lost if the blade were ever used or polished.
The fittings on the knife are metal and include a hilt and a butt cap and the sheath has a matching metal end cap and where the blade inserts. There is a leather frog with a metal clip attachment. The handle is brwon wood with a Nazi eagle and a stylized SA monogram (Sturmabteilung) = storm detachment or Brown Shirts.
This thing is in as good a condition as you will find as it has no real wear. What would be a good price range for this article?
I can't post a picture right now but I may be able to later this evening. It is the typical dress dagger you often see, though.
The dagger is a "Brown Shirts" dagger which has a symmetrical double edged blade with a curved wooden handle complete with brown steel sheath and leather hanger. The blade is Solingen and marked Aesculapius as the manufaturer, I assume. The blade has never been sharpened and is marked "Alles fur Deutschland" in Germanic script.
The finish on the blade is very highly polished with a sort of watery set of fine lines over the entire surface. This finish would be lost if the blade were ever used or polished.
The fittings on the knife are metal and include a hilt and a butt cap and the sheath has a matching metal end cap and where the blade inserts. There is a leather frog with a metal clip attachment. The handle is brwon wood with a Nazi eagle and a stylized SA monogram (Sturmabteilung) = storm detachment or Brown Shirts.
This thing is in as good a condition as you will find as it has no real wear. What would be a good price range for this article?
I can't post a picture right now but I may be able to later this evening. It is the typical dress dagger you often see, though.