Although I coudn't make the seminar, I did inspect the NSKK that started this topic. There is no doubt in my mind that the piece was made during the 3rd Reich era. While the chain hanger may have not initially been constructed at the same time as the dagger, I feel that it too is very much a piece that was made during the 3rd Reich period. Quite possibly it was added during the years that we see chain suspension worn with NSKK chain daggers, M36 SS daggers and even some of the SA High Leader pieces. It was the in and cool thing in uniform wear after 1936, and no doubt this NSKK Brigadefuhrer who owned this piece did not want to be left out. We see chain suspensions on both SA Honors and SS Honors that were converted during the period, and are known in the collecting community as High Leaders daggers to reinforce this theory.
