Heer? Alcoso

[Garandrew]

[Proud Kraut]

Yes, Heer.

[Garandrew]

Nice piece? Nice condition?

[Proud Kraut]

Condition seems to be okay but portepee and dagger scabbard are missing.

[Garandrew]

I know some missing parts 

[Garandrew]

Scabbard is there 

[Proud Kraut]

Okay, what´s the English term for the part (Dolchgehaenge) I have marked, please:

 

 

[Garandrew]

Ok not scabbard I see 

[Custermen]

1 hour ago, Proud Kraut said:

Okay, what´s the English term for the part (Dolchgehaenge) I have marked, please:

Hanger.

 

The other item is the "Sword Knot" or Portopee.

[Garandrew]

Yes I thought hanger and knot 

[Proud Kraut]

21 hours ago, Custermen said:

Hanger.

 

The other item is the "Sword Knot" or Portopee.

 

Thanks, this time I was fooled by my online dictionary. Portepee is the same in German btw.

 

 

[Garandrew]

When was this Alcoso trademark used? Early or mid war? Thanks 

[Custermen]

8 hours ago, Proud Kraut said:

Thanks, this time I was fooled by my online dictionary. Portepee is the same in German btw.

I didn't know but that is what I found.  It looks French.

[SARGE]

This is a later Alcoso etched trademark.  

[Garandrew]

So 1943-44?

[SARGE]

Yep, perhaps a bit earlier as they halted the production of dress daggers late in the war.  Of course they continued to sell "New Old Stock" (NOS).  

 

 

 

 

[Garandrew]

Mine was captured with 2 flags I have