Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Hans Kolping GTRexclude Seidel was a Rottwachtmeister (Corporal)

Seidel was a Rottwachtmeister (Corporal) with the Schutzpolizei in Munich

Madras Engineers (April 1863) and retired as a Major General on September 1

he was made Rear Admiral and was redeployed to the Kriegsmarine shipyard Wilhelmshaven

Two First War 253rd Infantry Battalion Insignia - Collar Tab: pickled brass

measuring 211 mm (w) x 297 mm (h)

Germany, Heer. A Heer Officer’s Dagger, By Hans Kolping GTRexclude Seidel was a Rottwachtmeister (Corporal)(Heer Offiziersdolch). A well preserved Heer officers dagger, measuring 400 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 260 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened edges. The blade is unmarked with the exception of a makers stamp near the reverse ricasso of H. KOLPING, SOLINGEN, for the firm of Hans Kolping, circumscribing the companys stein logo. It sits securely within the silvered zink