Hi all,

here is my new acquisition from the dark side.
Out of an privat sale on last weekend
Dagger came with the Ahnenpass
Both bearing the same name, Faust

Hope you like it guys,

Gerd

btw:Thanks to my buddy christian/rieny,who made it possible!

i'm looking for the Membership number.
if anybody is able to help,please pm or email me.
Name is Gustav Faust DOB 18th February 1907

some more....

I do like this one,,, love the blade. Nice that you got the Ahnen pass as well,

Contact Ross. maybe he can help you out here with a picture of the ss mann?

I like it too and you can't do better than a Boker!

this is awesome!

Great find Gerd!! Hard to Find any SS dagger anymore with decent crossgrain. The motto and maker logo is nice and dark. There was an old commercial on TV many years ago that said of the Swedish Bikini team,, "It doesnt get any better than that"!! Its a tough choice but I will take the Boker Congrats Larry

Hi Gerd:

Congrats on your find! I have seen just a few SS daggers with names carved on the handle. It looks like his sturm/ standarte might be next to his name as well. There is only one "Gustav Faust" in the Master Index of SS Names in our National Archives. It gives the birthdate of 18 February 1904 which may be a typo (or he shaved a few years off his age at some point). The Index indicates that he has a Race & Settlement (Rasse-und Seidlungs) File in the Archives which can be invaluable when researching a SS member. As I have mentioned on here before, all SS men and their fianc�es were required to go through an application process to get permission to marry. The typical size is about 65 pages and can be most useful since they were supposed to contain a personal questionnaire (Fragebogen), and brief auto-biography (Lebenslauf), and three photos (bust, profile, full length) for each applicant along with family trees and health records. After the war, there was a big sorting of captured SS documents and additional records were also sometimes added to these files- especially in the case of SS enlisted & NCOs. These sometimes include personal service record cards (stammkartes), soldbuchs, and wehrpasses. It can be feast or famine with these files since sometimes all of the required records were not completed, but sometimes an amazing amount can be learned about an individual. Contact me for more information.

Enjoy!

Ross Kelbaugh
www.ssdaggers.com

Thank you Gerd, I know he is in best hands in your collection. leave it untouched!

Thanks to all,for your kind comments!
i appreciate it!

Hi Ross,
thanks for your input.
i'll send you an email

@Erich,
you're right!
Here are some shots of my b�ker collection
four blades side by side....

Regards,
Gerd

WOW, a nice stable of Bokers!

Congrats Gerd with your new Dagger from the Dark side

Daggers with name and period history are always interesting

I work myself with an SS in this moment. If im lucky i have to look forward to a spesial one

Nice group shot```

Regards LH

Hi Gerd,

of sure, thats a nice collection from B�ker daggers.
And great to see that we can see more pictures about your SS dagger collection.

Normaly i often only see the front of the blade
:-))

Best regards
Sebastian

Thx LH and Sebastian.

Every piece of an black dagger is interesting

Gerd

@Ross,

your right regarding sturm/standarte
It looks like 8/1 or 8/7
didn't recognize

Hello Gerd, this is fantastic catch on your side. You took it in Germany i suppose?

Bye, Lukas.

Oh yessssssssss....

possible to see details from the hand written booklet, city location other details? Same importance as the dagger.

you're right Robert.

Here are some shots out of the booklet

Owners name
His wife
Date of their marriage
His wife passed away two years later in an hospital

a few more...
his gg grandparents from 1756......

most of the family members came out of Horn,Simmern and Rheinb�lln
Which is in the Hunsr�ck mountain area
ca 110 km west of Frankfurt/Main

BTW:i found also a flyer,so you can order your own documents,f�r 6,7 or 8 Generations

@LUKAS,

yes i got here in germany.

Enjoy!

Gerd

geat find, my friend. gongrats!!! seems that you are addicted to b�kers

Hi Gerd:

I was able to look into Gustav Faust's Race & Settlement File. To my surprise, it was incomplete with only two documents. He held the rank of SS-Oberscharf�hrer at the time of his 1934 application and was in Sturm 11/ 5. SS-Standarte. He must have had an SS membership number assigned but it was not given in this file.

Enjoy!

Ross Kelbaugh
www.ssdaggers.com

Since you had his birth date, I looked in the NSDAP membership files to see if he was a member and, if so, are any of his file cards present (this not always the case). Having the date of birth is very important in these records if you don't have the NSDAP membership number. You wouldn't believe how often you find people with the same first and last names as members of the NSDAP. I should also point out that SS membership numbers were not recorded in these files. Had some luck this time! One of his NSDAP file cards was there and it still had his photo (only about 40% of them are still attached) and he was in uniform (not always the case). Now you can put a face with your B�ker! Or with a nod to Lady Gaga....another Ba..Ba..Ba..B�ker Face!

Enjoy!

Ross Kelbaugh
www.ssdaggers.com
www.HistoricGraphics.com

Hi Ross,
you got him!!
These documents are interesting for myself
i've sent you an email

excellent job,as always!

the hand written letter is also interesting:
" old school german"
this reads:
"Ich beabsichtige mich in k�rze zu verheiraten und bitte um �bersendung der erforderlichen Unterlagen"
------------------------------------"
"I intend to marry me soon and ask for sending the necessary documents"
G.... F....
Oberscharf�hrer

and below:

Sender: Gustav Faust
Horn
------
Hunsr�ck,Rheinland

Again Thanks and Regards!,
Gerd

BTW:nice idea with lady gaga

SWeeeeeet as Hell Gerd

Congratulations Gerd!!

Fantastic.

Thanks again for your kind comments!




i'll take it also,Larry

Gerd

i just received the files from Ross!
unfortunately this man is listed without any ss number.


Ross thanks again for your assistance!!

Regards,

Gerd

Hello Gerd, i just can say great pick up! You have really fine SS dagger inc. provenance.

Bye, Lukas.

Indeed Lukas!
Gerd

Hi Gerd,

very nice collection !!!

Thanks!