The throat of the scabbard is held together by a single rivet and retains a functional spring catch for secure storage of the dagger when not in use
he was placed on command at the 3rd Canadian Convalescent Depot
A 1938/39 WHW (Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes/Winter Relief of the German People)
he was wounded on 20 April 1916 - suffering a shell contusion to back and shell shock
19th Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Pin (bronze gilt with red and blue enamels
Austria, Empire. Merit Cross 1849, Iv Class Case, C.1915 Auction The throat of the scabbard(Verdienstkreuz). Instituted in 1850. Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, the exterior with a greenish black pebbled covering on five sides, the bottom with an off white paper covering, date stamped "1915", maker stamped "ETUIS & CASSETTEN FABRIK JG. BERGMANN WIEN VII" and inscribed in handwritten black ink "beh. d. 6. Dezember 1915. Gefr. Jensen", the lid bearing the initials "V. K." (Verdienstkreuz) in silver coloured ink and framed by two