Dagger
date: label: associated date
content: 1941 - 1945
name: label: maker
content: Solingen
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Silver metal with orange celluloid handle. Engraved with "Solingen." Swastika under eagle with a silver braid portapee hanger and scabbard.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Solingen steel, used in making knives, scissors, razors, and surgical instruments, is world famous for its excellence. Solingen was chartered in 1374 and has been known for its fine blades since the Middle Ages. It belonged to the duchy of Berg until 1600 and passed to Prussia in 1815.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany
label: associated place
content: Germany
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
label: related event
content: The Great Depression and World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.77490M
label: catalog number
content: 77490M
label: accession number
content: 309977
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dagger
label: Object Name
content: dagger, military
label: Other Terms
content: dagger; Edged Weapons; Army; Officer; Presentation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: dagger: 7 in x 16 in x 1 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 40.64 cm x 3.81 cm