Here's a photo from p. 65 of Angolia's "Daggers, Bayonets & Fighting Knives of Hitler's Germany" (1st Edition), clearly showing a "plain blade" example. The sidebar is interesting. He implies the honor daggers were authorized and the recipient of the award then purchased his own dagger. If this is so, it may explain the "ground Rohm" blade phenomenon. The owner may have simply used his old blade and had it attached to the honor dagger fittings. I suspect this information is dated and, perhaps, incomplete or inaccurate, in light of information developed since publication of the book (1971).

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