UBB.threads Forums Edged Weapons SS Dagger Forum '36s Gau'd and Why?

Hi !

Several years ago I�ve got this dagger from the hands of the son of an departed veteran of the Schutzstaffel.
The dagger was well greased ...

The dagger was hidden in a Wehrmacht-Heer metal-canister for coffee in the cellar of the veteran�s house and was found while breaking up the household.

I know, this is not a text-book dagger, but it is, IMO, a legit-one !

I really also can�t say, what�s the reason why, there�re Gau-marks on the lower crossguard of M36�s actually ...

There�re some presumptions.
One of them is, that remainders of SA-daggers were used with the M36.

I talked with some experienced collector�s and all of them said to me, respectively the M36 there�s almost nothing impossible, what can also be possible ...

Even Tom Wittman e-mailed me, my dagger is OK !

Together with my M36 an M33 was found in the coffee-canister ! ! !


I bought from the son of the veteran also some books, a pistol holster, a map-case and some propaganda-material.

There also was the veterans-saber of WWI, his officer�s boots and some other stuff, but I was out of money that day ...

But, I was able to buy two nice SS-dagger�s, (the condition�s not really fine, but what shall�s ...), for a price, I could not say no !

You must know, I�m not collecting 3rd-Reich dagger�s but this two were a bargain !


Rgds.,

R.

P.S.:
The Gau-mark of my M36: "Westmark"