Blume was awarded the Wound Badge in Black on January 28
of top quality manufacture
measuring 95 mm (w) x 134 mm (h)
The obverse blade is acid-engraved "Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit" (“In Memory of My Service Period”) inside a banner flanked on both sides by oak leaf branches and Wehrmacht- (Armed Forces) style German national eagles clutching mobile swastikas
the reverse two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place
Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Officer’s Dagger, Unmarked and Refurbished Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Blume was awarded the Wound(Luftwaffe Dolch fr Offiziere, 1. Form). A first pattern Luftwaffe Officers dagger, measuring 48. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip. Unmarked, the blade sits securely within a nickel plated alloy crossguard which takes the form of a pair of stylized wings, the centre of which is inset with double sided, gilded,