The world had never seen an army like the German army of WW2; as Winston Churchill once said, "If it is to live in peace, it must never see another". At its apogee, Germany's conquests extended from the French channel ports in the West to Stalingrad in the East. Heer officers of WW2 carried the M-1935 dress dagger as a mark of rank and status. These daggers were produced by some of Germany's finest cutlers, and were prized war souvenirs among US Army troops in the ETO. This German Army WW2 WKC Heer Officer M-1935 Dress Dagger is in Very Good Condition, with a bit of scratching and scabbard wear at each side of the blade, moderate loosening to the handle and ferrule, some scattered tarnishing to the guard and pommel, a spot of heavy fraying to one band of the lower portepee, a spot of moderate fraying to the other band on the lower portepee, and with some scattered age wear evident. Most interestingly, it features a gleaming 10" bright double edge dagger blade with a pronounced central spine and some elegant cross-graining, sports the classic silver plated spread wing eagle Heer guard, acorn decorated ferrule, and matching acorn decorated pommel, and boasts a gorgeous, mellow orangish yellow swirl ridged "trylon" (hard plastic) grip. The dagger exhibits “Dr. M.” engraved in inverted fashion at the right side of the guard, making it a scarce personalized example from a medical doctor in the German army during WW2. It's etched at the reverse ricasso with the iconic “knight’s head” logo of its maker, the famous "WKC / SOLINGEN" (Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Company), carries the original brown leather "bumper pad" at the blade/guard join, and retains the original silver bullion portepee still neatly wrapped and knotted around the lower handle. It's complete with the original German Army WW2 Heer Officer M-1935 Dress Scabbard in Very Good Condition, with a fairly deep vertical tear in the velvet lining at the underside of the top hanger strap, a sizable chip in the middle front of the belt attachment at the top of the hangers, and with some scattered finish abrading, patina, and age wear evident. Most interestingly, it bears a great amount of the original silver plating throughout, exhibits a pebbled body, the original screwed-in throat piece, and both of the original acorn embossed mounted steel hanging rings at the upper left side, and is complete with the original “D.R.G.M.” marked and velvet lined silver bullion dress hangers. The set is a fine example of a rare, original German Army WW2 WKC Heer Officer M-1935 Dress Dagger.