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This is one of those daggers that comes along once in a lifetime. Ground Rohm by Haenel that has had the back of the blade factory ground and had the SS motto etched over the area. Average conditon, but still nice and out of the old collection Tom & I bought last week.

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Thats the first Haenel ground Rohm,with a complete maker mark.must have been a careful grinder, nats

Not only interesting but darn cool looking Ron.

Hey Nats is that a factory ground Haenel.

That is a very interesting dagger, Ron. Stan... ground Haenel on the left.

Hi Mike,Those are 2 nice daggers,the guy that ground mine must have had a few to many beers.

Merry Christmas and a Happy new year to everyone,Stan

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Originally posted by Ronald Weinand:
This is one of those daggers that comes along once in a lifetime. Ground Rohm by Haenel that has had the back of the blade factory ground and had the SS motto etched over the area. Average conditon, but still nice and out of the old collection Tom & I bought last week.

Great SA Ronald.
That is for sure a very spesial dagger .I have never seen like this before with the SS motto etched over the area .

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
Over the years I have encountered a few SA Ground Rohm's where an addition to the ground area was used for personal or presentations. Most are script hand engraved (some collectors won't accept these, but I have gotten them directly from the returning veteran at a normal SA Dagger price, so you know they were not post war done) and a few have been either factory engraved/etched either during manufacture (rare) or post manufacture in Germany.
I sometimes think this was done to obliterate the offensive Rohm inscription in the mind of the Rohm receipant.
JMO,
Ron Weinand

It seems like the owner wanted to enhance his loyalty to the victorious faction. "Meine Ehre hei�t Treue" was a quite smart choice, not only because of the meaning, but also as a sign of "solidarity" with the SS. Great piece of history (and it's a collectors' favourite HAENEL).