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Originally Posted by NurseTim
It is of Swiss design. I've always liked the design but hate the association it has with nazis.
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In 1933 Hitler commissioned Professor Woenne of the Solingen School of Commerce to design an edged weapon for dress wear by the SA and SA reserve.
The dagger was issued for wear in February 1934 and was styled after a 16th century south German hunting dagger known as a "Holbein" dagger. The Holbein dagger featured a hunting scene on its scabbard based upon a scene from a Holbein painting called "The Dance of Death", hence its name.
http://www.germandressdaggers.com/SA%20standard.htm
Richard
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