Sorted it
H - on spine maker mark Horster as per h on Npea charlottenburg dagger lugs.
CH - Charlottenburg Berlin distributor as per Npea daggers.
AW- Achmer Wallenbrock
Luftwaffe airfield from 1936 til 1945 located in the rich hunting forests of Lower Saxony .
http://www.ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
Well that's my theory anyway.
Dippy🤓
Matt i guess you made a few wrong conclusions here:
Charlottenburg Berlin is not the distributer of NPEA daggers, thats Burgsmuller, Charlottenburg is an affluent locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Established as a town in 1705 and named after late Sophia Charlotte of Hanover.
Why AW would refer to an airstrip?
The Achmer you refer to is called: Fliegerhorst Ahnenkult - Achmer. im pretty sure that would be a wrong conclusion.
I do think your theory of the spine H stands a chance.
I have done quite some research on these Waffen-Loesche knives, even up to the family of the former owner of one i bought in Austria.
They searched for his Soldbuch to see if there was a unit specified, but none was found.
I came across a period invoice of chromolit Anton Wingen, but the abrevement Ch looks quite different as the ones on the blade.
The hunt goes on....
For those who are interested:
http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/luftwaffe/luftwaffe-forestry-knife-waffen-loesche-ch-w-688163/here is the Chromolit invoice:
Cheers
Ger
