Greetings gentlemen,
I recently saw this advert on a site called Empire Militaria. The dagger at first struck me as a copy of the Hermann Goering industrial dagger, but to my surprise, the people who posted this piece do claim that it is the real deal! I will repeat their description below:

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Extremely rare German dagger. Etched and guilded Klinge with
Hoheitsadler: "Fur hervorragende Verdienste",Hersteller: Alcoso.

Beschlage and Scheide both Silver plated.Parierstange with large eagle and enamel HK. Black Horngriff, Decorated Griffkappe.Scheide with oakleaf decoration, 2 carrying rings with hangers,Guilded Silbertresse with HK's, this on Saffianleder construction.Silver plated Beschlage.

Extremely rare dagger, most propably the only one up for sale

Code: 50196Price: 18950.00 EUR

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I also attach photographs of this dagger.

What do people think? Is this the opportunity of a lifetime to see $20,500 USD well spent? Or is this something very sinister?

Best regards to all.

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