Thank You wotan. My search found that there was apparently a quality Unform shop in Duren. Perhaps it's the same Franz Rupprecht shop- must be !
Here is a listing on a Army officers Uniform at auction a few years ago. Note it was made by Franz Rupprecht of Duren:
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1) Uniform tunic and pants for an Artillery Oberfeldwebel (Master Sgt.), with red trim on the shoulder boards, untrimmed collar bars, and an embroidered eagle patch on the right breast. 2) Tunic for a General Staff Oberst (Colonel), with carmine pink trimmed shoulder boards, untrimmed collar bars and a silver bullion eagle patch. Brown silk inner lining, with concealed dagger hanger. 3) Tunic for an Artillery Major, with red trimmed and accented boards and tabs, silver bullion eagle, a blue service ribbon, internal belt and dagger hanger, and a "Franz Rupprecht/Duren" label. 4) Tunic, Artillery Oberleutnant (Senior/1st Lt.), with silver bullion eagle and internal belt. 5) Artillery cap, green fabric with red trim, bullion wreath, silver chinstrap and yellow silk lining with "Erel" makers marks. 6) Artillery cap, as 5 with alloy eagle and unmarked lining. Items are in fair to very good condition.<<
Currently my thoughts are that this is one dagger that was specially ordered by this Uniform shop. They seemed to have their own company logo. Research is continuing, but Duren suffered a huge bomging raid by a oversized Allied airforce due to the larger primary target was fogged over, while the secondary target, Duren, a much smaller target, took the full brunt of the bombing.
Photo of Duren in 1945;
