Third Reich NPEA Students Dress Dagger by Karl Burgsmuller, example with brown wooden grip without emblems, plated handle mount fittings, the lower guard being stamped to the reverse ‘P391’ and obverse is engraved ‘NPEA Neuzelle Winter 1939/40’. Housed in metal scabbard with much of the olive green paint finish remaining, brass non magnetic ball tip and brass frog stud. Attached to the scabbard is a brown leather frog, but not an original NPEA type. Double edged blade with motto ‘Mehr sein als scheinen’, reverse of the blade with trademark for Karl Burgsmuller Berlin-Charlottenburg 5. The blade measures 22cms, overall 37 ¼ cms. We are of the opinion that this dagger is made up of original and later produced parts and is being sold as such. Ideal for a collector as a space filler.