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Longer time ago there was a very good discussion on the GDM about the F�rth Daggers, sadly it was getting lost.
My local hometown is close to the city F�rth (I am actually also born in F�rth) and the building was build in 1902. It was in the pre war time one SA Sports school and the SS took it over for a very short time. The SA took it then over again and shortly as the war ended it was used as a accommodation and was then used as a hospital. Enclosed some photos of it's actual representation and one researched SS F�rth Dagger. Thanks to Ross and one of my best friends I got the dagger from. See also the chapter in the T.Wittman dagger book.
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rear view w scabbard and hanger
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part member booklet, rsearch Ross
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A researched Furth dagger is indeed a rarity. Added bonus is the additional documentation. Doesn't get any better. -Congratulations!- Regards, -serge-
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Very impressive SS dagger. I like the etching LH
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Superb, it is indeed a wonderful historical dagger. Thanks for sharing ! Hey Robert, I just noticed that I will be only a few miles aways from Furth, as I'll be in Regensburg in May for a couple fo days.
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Pat, be earlier there in March and we could take a good dinner in a small city 60km east of F�rth.
many thanks for your views and replies.
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Robert:
Here is mine. It is not attributed, but maybe could be researched based on the Furth etch?
Dagger obverse
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Trade mark and dedication:
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Trade mark and cross guard
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And, finally, the Furth dedication:
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very nice and a little later dated dedication as on mine. I went already to the archive in F�rth to look what they have and there was not much at all from the military perspective. Not sure where to find more, I checked also out a larger national archive in Germany. Not sure maybe a professional researcher might could find more in the US archives. Fakt is these dagger existed, the school existed and already faked etches are also out when I remember right.
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Superb dagger with great history.
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These are great daggers. I would love to own one someday.
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quote: Originally posted by Robert H.: very nice and a little later dated dedication as on mine. I went already to the archive in F�rth to look what they have and there was not much at all from the military perspective. Not sure where to find more, I checked also out a larger national archive in Germany. Not sure maybe a professional researcher might could find more in the US archives. Fakt is these dagger existed, the school existed and already faked etches are also out when I remember right.
Hi Robert. Do you have some pics of fakes Etch of this type of blades ? LH
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No sorry I don't, another original one is currently on the market offered.
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There is a different version of the Furth etch here: http://www.lakesidetrader.com/pics/Ss-227d.jpgIt is a Hammersfahr and the Furth etch is unlike the two that Robert and I posted in this thread. That being said, I believe that it is real and very collectible...maybe for a collector who wants Furth variations. John
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For sure real and this is the only other "one lined version" I know about. Hard to find for sure. Over all I wonder how many are out in collections. but very hard to term the value to such pieces. Example a HH or Roehm dagger are over rated when it comes to the rarity of an original F�rth dagger.
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Robert:
I wrote too soon.. an example of this etch is seen in Tom's SS book in the Furth section, albeit on a Klaas blade.
And, in the book, I see a third variation of the Furth etch.
Wouldn't it be great to have all three types? Or are there more?
John
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I have heard - a while back - a theory about these daggers:
That some of the SS Furth daggers were actually the man's original dagger, not a new one, to which the dedication was added at graduation.
Does anyone have thoughts on this ? I don't own one so I can't say much.
Dave
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Dave,
Wholeheartedly, I agree with the theory that you've heard in the past.
The guys were in the SS and then went to a course(s) at the SS Sportschule where upon completion or graduation they received a certificate and then took their personal dagger to either a qualified blade engraver or to a dagger manufacturer for inclusion of the respective school's name and corresponding dates. Any other theories would be impractical and invalid in my opinion.
Regards,
John
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Yes, in every case you will see that the dedication etch was added later. They were definitely NOT done at the same time as the motto.
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that is absolute right and the etching was also somewhere local done, but from who The time period for the school was very short even not for a year in the hands of the SS. So all was done from the same source, what is also visible from the etching quality.
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I happened to stumble onto this old thread, but I thought it would be interesting to note the following: My Furth-etch dagger is identical! Robert Klaas with "III" numeral, except my crossguards are earlier nickel. My dates are the exact same �15 .7 � 25 . 8 . 34" Even the SS button is the same variety! Very interesting as it seems the original owners were probably in the same class!! Consider for a moment the odds!!!!
Jerry
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Came across these photos while looking for Rohm examples and thought it might be interesting. Photos have been enhanced to show the inscriptions....
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