WW2 German Kriegsmarine Officers Dress Dagger Attributed to Wilhem Böttcher, Believed to have Served on German U-Boats, good example of an Imperial conversion piece, having Third Reich eagle pommel top, white celluloid grips with the wire binding and brass cross guard with press stud release button. Attached to the grip is a fine golden wire officers dress portepee / knot. Housed in a polished hammered scabbard with the two hanging rings being pushed into rectangles. Polished plain Imperial type dirk blade with the owners name engraved to the forte ‘Wilhem Böttcher’. Blade 21cms, overall 42cms. Some cracks to the celluloid grip, exterior shows some wear. Vendors family state that the dagger was sold as belonging to an officer who served in the U-Boat service, however we can not find any evidence of this.