Original German WWII Early 1st Model Luftwaffe Dagger by ALCOSO with Chain Clip Hanger and Portepee Knot MP 40 Peter Paret notes that fine

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Original German WWII Early 1st Model Luftwaffe Dagger by ALCOSO with Chain Clip Hanger and Portepee Knot MP 40 Peter Paret notes that fineOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a very good service used condition 1st Model Luftwaffe Dagger made in in the mid to late 1930s by Alexander Coppel & Co. KG, Stahlwarenfabrik, of Solingen, Germany. Starting in 1938, the move was made to aluminum fittings, so this dagger was made before that time. The mountings all look to be made of solid nickel alloy, which originally would have been fully silver plated, often with a blue oxide "aircraft gray"