Original German WWII Army Heer Officer Dagger by Alcoso with Hanger and Possible Post War Etching - c. 1940 Chinese Militaria most often with a blued

most often with a blued metal finish

Although widely referred to in America as Garibaldi rifles - beginning in late 1861 - we have been unable to find any reliable written sourcing which documents their issue to Garibaldi's troops during the second Italian War of Independence in 1859 or the March of the Thousand in 1860

In Jun 1946

After about a year the squadron switched to North American P-51 Mustangs

Original German WWII Army Heer Officer Dagger by Alcoso with Hanger and Possible Post War Etching - c. 1940 Chinese Militaria most often with a bluedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice circa 1940 example of the typical German WWII Army Officer dagger with a belt hanger, made by the Solingen based firm of Alcoso Werk GmbH. It also has some very nice etching on both sides of the blade, which looks to be wartime, but is not something that can be confirmed unfortunately. It is however very well executed, and names the dagger to a specific regiment. The pommel of this dagger is in