I will also repeat my answer here.
Victorman, a little digging, I determined the time when the picture was taken. This is 03/25/34, the SA convention in Saxony. Therefore, during this time, the scabbard could be damaged. It is enough to drop the dagger once and the ball on the scabbard will be crumpled. The same with the scabbard, you can get warped on the same day that you received your dagger.
As one of our colleagues said, it seems to me that you take these details much more seriously than the Germans themselves from 1938.
Regarding the fact that you write that there are no SS officers with daggers. There are many photographs of January 1934, where a number of officers are wearing a dagger. We also know that already in January an application was submitted with a description of two types of daggers SA and SS, with differences in motto, color and diamond. There are also documents confirming that Roem awarded SS members in December.
Last edited by den70; 03/23/2021 08:07 PM.
