I would like to add a portepee to this dagger as Kuther according to his records, became Obersturmfuhrer der Waffen ss on 01/03/1940 & so he should have had a portepee around the handle. In the unlikely event that anyone has an original ss DAGGER portepee, can you let us know. On the research side of this dagger, I followed up the son's lead of Kuther's second family in Stuttgart & found 2 Kuthers still living there. I have sent letters to both this week & maybe I will be lucky. If one of these is his offspring, they would have grown up to at least late teenage level with him around & have a better insight as well as photographs of him. I am sure this second family put his dagger, maybe his ring & sword onto the market, if the last 2 survived the war.
