Rare Third Reich SA (Sturmabteilung) Dagger with ‘Christmas’ Pattern Motto to Blade by Carl Eickhorn, Solingen, fine example of an early SA dagger with brown wooden grip, nickel eagle and enamel SA device. Lower cross guard stamped with district / gau stamp ‘Fr’. Housed in the original anodised scabbard which has brown leather SA vertical hanger attached and single belt loop. Fine double edged blade with much of the cross graining remaining. The dagger has a variation early type motto ‘Alles fur Deutschland’, known as a Christmas pattern. The dagger blade has the early Carl Eickhorn, Solingen makers trademark to the reverse. The blade measures 22cms, overall 37 ½ cms. On the 15th December 1933, the SA Headquarters officially decided to institute a dagger to be worn with the SA uniform. On Christmas 1933 the first grouping of SA daggers were delivered to the higher SA leaders. These daggers are referred to as ‘Weihnachtsdolch’ (Christmas Dagger) and they have different design mottos to the later examples. This particular example is a transitional pattern with standard SA fittings. See previous lot for a earlier example with the 1927 pattern eagle