Scarce WW2 German Luftwaffe 2nd Pattern Officers Dress Dagger with Double Etched Blade by Carl Eickhorn, Solingen, fine example of a standard 2nd model dress dagger with white celluloid grip retaining the wire binding. Pommel with swastika to both sides and cross guard in the form of a eagle in flight. Attached to the grip is the original officers full dress portepee / knot. Housed in the original scabbard with two bands and hanging rings which the pair of deluxe pattern brocade hanging straps are attached too. The blade is double etched with foliage and droop tail Luftwaffe eagle to the front and the reverse side has foliage and ‘Jagdgeschwader 5 Eismeerjäger’. Oval Carl Eickhorn makers trade mark to the base. Some light areas of pitting to the blade but generally a good condition example. Blade 24 ¾ cms, overall 43 ½ cms.