The official German regulations regarding army daggers of General ranked personal it only refers to the hanger having gold coloured fittings instead of the standard silver.
In that official published regulation there is absolute no talk about a Generals dagger , only its hanger.

About the shown dagger with gold plated fittings i dont believe it has anything to do with an original plated period dagger.
I have seen a couple more along the way but none convinced me of being a generals dagger, plating and wear aint so hard to make.

Stating this is an original period plated general dagger is more a leap of faith.
More likely its a base copper coating, just to create a better underground for the final silverwash, as these potmetal fittings are known to eat the silverwash.

But thats only my opinion, everyone is aloud having its own.

Best
Ger

Last edited by Gerrit1963; 10/13/2022 08:27 AM.