In 1935, Hitler abrogated the Treaty of Versailles, and revealed the newly formed German Wehrmacht. This included the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, which had surreptitiously been rebuilt with new gliders, bombers, and fighters, as well as a cadre of young officers. The Luftwaffe cut its teeth in the Spanish Civil War, wreaking havoc against cities such as Guernica in 1937, and infamously laid waste to London during the “Blitz” from September 1940-May 1941. In 1937, the Luftwaffe introduced the 2nd model dress dagger for officers, which was a smaller design more in the Army style than the 1st model. It was produced by some of Germany’s finest cutlers. This German WW2 Carl Eickhorn Luftwaffe Officer 2nd Model Dress Dagger is in Good Condition, with some rounding to the blade tip, some pitting and patina at each side of the blade, heavy loosening to the guard, heavy dark crazing and surface cracking to the handle, missing the ferrule, missing the leather “bumper” pad from the blade/guard join, and with some overall age wear evident. Most interestingly, it features a 9 5/8" fairly bright double edge dagger blade with a pronounced central spine, sports the classic spread wing eagle Luftwaffe guard and oak leaves and acorns decorated pommel, the latter in a “globe” like shape with a swastika molded into each middle side, and boasts an elegant off white swirl ridged celluloid grip with “twisted” brass wire wrapping. It's etched in inverted fashion at the ricasso with the iconic “squirrel” logo of its maker, the famous “ORIGINAL / Eickhorn / SOLINGEN”, and is complete with the original German WW2 Luftwaffe Officer 2nd Model Dress Scabbard in Very Good Condition, with some overall patina, and with some scattered age wear evident. Most interestingly, it bears the traditional oak leaves and acorns embellished pebbled body, screwed-in throat piece, and both of the original oak leaves embossed mounted steel hanging rings at the upper left side, and the set is a fine example of a rare, original German WW2 Carl Eickhorn Luftwaffe Officer 2nd Model Dress Dagger.