21 May, 2010

My Grampa's Dagger

My grampa 1st Sergeant Harold F. Asay of the 13th and 17th Airborne Div's. It was from the SA (Storm Troopers/Brown Shirts) in Germany and was from an officer. It was probably from the late-30's around the time of Kristallnacht to the start of WWII, I'm guessing.


This is the Dagger in it's scabbard. It is in very good condition and was apart of a set along with a German Luger. However my grampa sold the Luger. 


On the blade of the Dagger it reads "Alles fur Deutschland" which translates to "All for Germany".

When my dad brought this up to Michigan when I got the chance to meet Mark Bando, he called it unusual in a good way, sort of rare. My dad always said my grampa picked this up off of a dead German, I don't want to know if the German was alive when he met my grampa, that I don't need to know. This is his loot from WWII and it means a lot to me.
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  1. This dagger is so fascinating for us all. Maybe someone on the net will see this post and be able to answer the questions we have.

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  2. @Veronica Leigh- I know it's just awesome. If you check out the link a xangan left on EBB there is a bunch of different ones that could be similar to ours! :-)

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