Third Reich SA (Sturmabteilung) Dress Dagger with Factory Removed Ernst Röhm Inscription by Carl Eickhorn, Solingen, fine example of an early pattern SA dress dagger with brown wooden handle having nickel eagle and enamel SA emblem. Lower cross guard mount with ‘Ho’ Gau stamp. Housed in its original anodised scabbard with short brown leather dagger hanger attached. Fine double edged blade with the standard motto ‘Alles fur Deutschland’ which retains much of the original blackened finish. The reverse of the blade has the typical small type Carl Eickhorn trademark to the base of the blade near the lower cross guard fitting and clear evidence of the removal of the inscription. The blade measures 22cms, overall 37cms. SA members could have their daggers sent back to the blade maker to have the inscription professionally removed and polished out. Due to the cost involved, many members removed the inscription themselves in often crude ways.