Germany, SS. A Model 1933 Service Dagger, RZM 120/34 Archive surrounded in a blue enamel

surrounded in a blue enamel surround inscribed MERITO MILITARE (Military Merit)

was also buried in the vicinity of Chantilly

A Period Photograph - 269 x 121 mm of Men of a Wehrmacht Machine gun Battalion

measuring 60 mm (w) x 70 mm (l) x 20 mm (h)

Footnote: Harold James Crowe was born on August 13

Germany, SS. A Model 1933 Service Dagger, RZM 120/34 Archive surrounded in a blue enamel(Schutzstaffel Dienstdolch M33). A well preserved Schutzstaffel (SS) Model 1933 Service Dagger, measuring 37. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 22. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the edges and tip, and with some of its original cross grain still visible. Acid etched onto the obverse is an inscription of MEINE EHRE HEIT TREUE (MY HONOUR IS LOYALTY) in Fraktur