Of course there is also the Luftwaffe black grip question and there are also a couple of Red Cross Officer black grips around. I agree with Wotan that it would be great to solve this question. I also have wondered about this. IMO though -the purple flecked knots that are supposed to be for the earlier dagger and the hangers with straps that look like SS knot straps are 100% fake. There also is the question of the two types of Railway hangers-those with square buckles and those with the oval ones. The difference between these has also never been explained--and this could be a point in favor of the earlier model dagger.


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