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    Flyingdutchman

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    1. Hi Vic, great to have you aboard ! Herzlich willkommen, mein Freund ! Kindest regards; H.
    2. Hi Mike, thanks for the beautiful photos ! Great ! I sent the link to this thread to a friend, a famous collector in the US (Vielen Dank fuer die schnelle Hilfe ! ) This is what he answered: Gentlemen, thanks again for your help ! All the best; Flyingdutchman
    3. Mark, let?s see. I?m curious what the owner of Alcoso will find out. Then we will decide. If it is a put together item, I have no interest. If it is a good one, I will keep it in my collection. However, thanks for your thoughts. Best; Flyingdutchman
    4. Gentlemen, there is absolute no problem about it ! It?s an interesting question. I asked a well known collector from the US for help. He never saw this makers mark on imperial pieces. He has his doubts, but wouldn?t say at this point, that this logo wasn?t used in that time. For more infos I phoned with the owner of Alcoso today, Mr. Scharnweber. He is a very nice and helpfull guy. Alcoso is existing since 1827 ! Wow, I never knew that fact. I sent him photos of this dagger and the logo. He will check his files over the weekend to find additional information. Unfortunately some of the files were destroyed through heavy bombings in ww2. BTW: AL CO SO stands for ALexander COppel SOlingen. I heard that the name changed during TR era to Alcosa, but I?m not sure. I bought this dagger in the early 90?s from a german collector, Mr.Stefanski. I had no experience in that time, but I fell in love with this art nouveau inscription. Until yesterday I never checked the makers mark, because I?m not interested in TR stuff. I?m always happy to learn. Of course it would be a sad thing if this piece wouldn?t be genuine. If so, I will toss this dagger out of the collection in an eye twinkle. C?est la vie ... I will keep you informed, gentlemen. Thanks a lot ! Best; Flyingdutchman
    5. Hi Mark, please see an ACS Logo on an imperial long bajonett: http://www.wwiidaggers.com/23282.htm I will add more infos when time. Thanks for looking ! Best; Flyingdutchman
    6. You hit the nail on top. This was exactly the intention in 1919. Back to the beginning...
    7. Gentlemen, here are two pics of my Amazone dagger. In 1842 the prussian king, Frederick William IV, decided to build a ship for training purposes. On June 24, 1843 the first state-owned school ship, the corvette AMAZONE, was launched. On May 17, 1844 Amazone undertook her first tour. In 1845 she sailed to Genova and she visited New York on May23, 1848. In 1852 she participated in a cruise to South America. This is a cadet dagger with a blunted tip. This tip was given to the fact of the latent danger of young boys carrying pointed, sharpened weapons. This is the dagger that started it all. It?s an extremely rare dagger. Any thoughts/facts/infos greatly appreciated ! Thanks for looking ! Best regards; Flyingdutchman
    8. Gentlemen, here comes my 1890 imperial cadet dagger. It?s a nice one made by Alcoso. All parts having matching numbers. The grip is genuine ivory, the hand ciseled scabbard is made from brass. It?s one of the best 1890?s I have ever seen. I tried to translate the blade inscription: Who don?t have joy on a shiny sword/ The flight of the falcon/The noble horse/The beautiful wife/Has no truly heart inside. We made a set of better pics for a book. Any thoughts greatly appreciated ! Thanks in advance ! Best; Flyingdutchman
    9. Very very nice. Thanks a lot for sharing the pics ! Best; Flyingdutchman
    10. Hi Grant, as far as I know they were produced til the early 80?s. They aren?t expensive. I bought this one for $80. They don?t have a true collector value. But I?m collecting german naval daggers from the beginning (Amazone) til the end (M57 pattern), so I have to have it. The owner of this one is known, he served as an officer in the Kriegsmarine and later as an high ranking ?NATO - Verbindungsoffizier? in the Bundesmarine. Correct ones aren?t easy to find. A lot of them were doctored up with a fake swastika pommel for selling in ebay. Best; Flyingdutchman
    11. Gentlemen, thanks for your nice comments ! I have sent a pm to a few of the fellow members with a request for photos belonging to these kind of daggers. I would also be very happy to see documents, no doubt about it. These daggers, especially in this condition, are very rare. So I would be happy to widen the infos about these puppies. Thanks to all for your great help ! Have a safe and happy new year ! Best; Flyingdutchman
    12. blade etching and numbered scabbard Thanks for looking ! Happy new year !
    13. Hi all, this was my personel Xmas gift. A rare imperial Autoclub dagger. The Imperial auto club was founded in 1899 as an organization which stood ready to aid the Kaiser's armies with newly invented automobiles and skilled drivers, should they be required. It was a para military organization. For a member it was a kind of patriotic duty to offer his car and himself as the driver. Some nobilities, officers and patriotic citizens were the members of this club. They used this kind of daggers as their side weapons. The successor of the imperial automobil club is nowadays the AvD (Allgemeiner verkehrsclub Deutschland). I don?t know how many survived. I would guess just a few. There weren?t so many cars during that period. The pommel is a high finial open style. The center block on the reverse has a floral design and the obverse has a gilded automobile horn, which is applied to the center. The grip is genuine ivory having a nice golden tone and lots of graining. There is a small hairline crack on the obverse. The obverse is slightly darker than the reverse. The grip is wrapped with dual twisted brass wires. The scabbard is made of nice brown colored leather. The leather is decorated with dual line formations on the edges of both sides and it is sewn up the rear. This leather retains its original luster and is in excellent condition. The leather shell is equipped with nickel-plated or silver scabbard fittings. These mounts are retained with small staples at the rear, and the mounts have scalloped edges where they meet the leather shell. The 12 inch long blade is a double etched type having double edged construction. The etching consists of standard Imperial military themes without imperial crown and is in good condition. The blade is nice, but shows some signs of age here and there. The reverse ricasso has the Siegfried figure logo used by this company. The Imperial abbreviation of the name is listed as "P.O. & Compagnie". I believe this stands for the `Pack&Ohliger`company. All parts have been marked with the number `12`. From my limited perspective this is a textbook example of a rare imperial automobilclub dagger. Any thoughts on this dagger are greatly appreciated ! Thanks in advance and happy new year ! Best regards; Flyingdutchman
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