Hey gang!

I picked this guy up today and I had a question about it. What is up with the bumps in the motto? The handle has the Boker style runes and it is a ground Rohm.... thoughts?

The 230 827 SS number goes to a SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Erwin Domhardt born 30.08.1890

NSDPAP number 4 680 183

Contact Ross K. and see if he can find something more on this guy (maybe pitures of him)

www.ssdaggers.com

A nice and rare catch my friend !!!

Keep us informed please.

Congrats to your new addition

I have already contacted him. He was very helpful with the last numbered SS dagger I had.

Nice dagger. The bumps are from the etching process and common on Boker daggers. I have been told it had to do with the hardness of the steel but not sure if that is 100% accurate.

Jim

You're right.

Nice piece - textbook Boker. Does it come with the scabbard ?

Congrats on this find ....

It did come with the scabbard but someone has stripped it. I'm currently looking for a proper replacement.

I had another question. Since the Rohm inscription appears to have been removed pretty harshly... does this effect the value of the dagger? Of course I think it was period done... but great care was NOT taken to remove the inscription cleanly... what does this do to the value?

place pictures of the scrabed!

best trussa

A "full Rohm" with complete inscription is very pricey. One with a partial inscription is less so, but still brings more than a non-Rohm and a fully ground one, all things being equal. All manner of ways were used to remove the inscription, some rather crude, so, for most collectors I would say a fully ground Rohm is just that, regardless of how indelicately the grinding was done. The trademark here was used by Boker only on Rohm daggers, so that would add to the appeal, verifying it originally had the inscription. This blade appears to have been seriously buffed. Originally, Boker used very dark backgrounds in its etches, apparently to conceal the "bumps" noted.