Description
Type 1 KARL BURGSMULLER in an arch above BERLIN, CHARLOTTENBURG 5 Distributor Mark/TM. Nickel-silver plated crossguards show only faint surface wear/age and no damage with tang properly secured. Reddish-brown, fine-grained wooden grip shows only light wear. Polished blade grades EX++ with minor surface wear/runner marks and some minor speckling but no nicks and no damage to cutting edge. Crisp, deeply-etched motto, “Mehr sein als scheinen.” (Be More Than You Appear to Be) displays the correct standard “s” in the second and fourth word as illustrated on page 19 of “Waffenleite Presenting NPEA Daggers of the Third Reich” by Ron Weinand. The inscription features dark background frosting with contrasting open space to the left of each letter, and the blade is complete with buffer pad. Dent-free steel scabbard retains approximately 70% of the original olive drab enamel showing light surface wear to the undamaged lower ball and obverse frog stud. Dagger is complete with unmarked black leather frog.
