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Although there has never been an explanation for the SS daggers which exhibited the motto that ended with an exclamation mark, collectors have always realized the specialty of these edged weapons. My personal believe is that they were some type of 33 honor dagger. While never being able to prove this, you have to ask yourself one question. Why would Himmler allow 20 some edged manufacturing firms to use the standard Meine Ehre heisst Treue etch, but only 2 companies to produce theirs with a exclamation mark after the Treue? A stickler for uniformity and discipline, the Reichsfuhrer had strict orders and regulations pertaining to the SS uniform, insignia, wearing of the SSTK, and even edged weapons. Sepp Dietrich found out first hand, that even he was not exempt to Himmler's directives. When the highest ranking SS General was caught by Himmler, wearing his magnificent hand crafted Honor Degen, the Reichsfuhrer put a stop to it after seeing it worn twice. So you have to ask yourself? How could 2 known companies, Jacobs and K&M, get away with having an etch with an exclamation mark with the mottos on their SS blades? It wasn't because just because that they wanted to put a little flare into the SS edged weapons that they produced, I can guarantee you that! The mystery continues. We have a write up on these daggers that you may want to read, on our website. Anyway, on with this listing.

Make no mistake about it, although not mint, this Exclamation Motto SS dagger is all complete and from a veteran source. As salty as this M33 SS dagger is, it's amazing that the hilt assembly has survived in the fine condition that you see here. The high contour grip show just light pressure marks from being worn and carried during the 3rd Reich period. And actually displays just a couple areas of superficial lifting. Both the early nickel emblems consisting of the eagle and runes button, are extremely nice. While the eagle shows just minimal wear to the head and breast feathers, the rest of the bird displays very good detail. The runic button is in good shape too, with just a slight tick to the left side of black enamel. You can see that both nickel silver crossguards and the pommel nut are uncleaned, as they display a dark patina that has remained untouched for all of these years. As normal with these Exclamation motto SS daggers, the lower crossguard is void of any district or Gau stamps. As fragile as most collectors are aware of, this grip has survived in truly outstanding condition.

Most of the 7/29 & 324 Exclamation SS daggers that we find, have black enamel painted scabbards. Although this one was at one time, the paint is about 98% worn, and mostly gone to time. Fortunately these scabbards were painted anodized SS shells, and this one as a nice surprise, displays that bluing process over the entire exterior. It is worn and dull in color, but there is no mistake about it, the scabbard started out being early anodized shell. There is one light divot to the reverse side, but other than that, it's nice and straight. The upper an lower solid nickel fittings are firmly in place, held fast by the 3 remaining period screws. There is one missing on the right side of the lower chape. These fittings as with the crossguards, are totally untouched and encrusted with age. Attached to the carrying ring, is the original leather hanger that came with this dagger. It is tired and worn, but still sound enough to support the early nickel Assmann marked clip. A decent scabbard to this dagger in spite of the aging, and is super neat to have that period blued finish still on the shell.

This blade shows wear and aging as you can see in the photos. There are scars and marks on both obverse and reverse. On the good side, it is still full length, untipped, and void of any edge chipping to speak of. But more importantly, but SS etched motto with the all important exclamation mark, is all there! And on top of that, it's absolutely amazing that burnishing to the motto letters is still very prominent to the etch! It's hard to imaging how or why the scars developed on the surface of the blade, when the rest of the dagger is completely untouched. But all kind of crazy things happened in the hands of veterans or their family members, after these souvenirs were brought home. In the areas closer to the lower crossguard, the steel even shows the fine lined crossgrain that this blade must have once been finished in. On the reverse of the riccasso still burnished in a dark etch, is the Klittermann & Moog's RZM contract number; M7/29. As stated, it's not a perfect blade, but still a rare dagger with this Exclamation SS Motto.

An opportunity to find one of these 7/29 SS daggers at a bargain price. $1995.00

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Sold, thank you kindly to the buyer.

Although this is an expired ad, I have moved it here as a good reference.

Dave

Nice textbook dagger!