The “Sturmabteilung” (SA), formed in 1921, was the original paramilitary branch of the NSDAP. Composed of Great War veterans and Freikorps members, the “brown shirts” of the SA were the brawling party thugs of the Nazi Party, frequently clashing with Communists in the streets during the hectic years of Weimar Germany. With the Nazis gaining power in 1933, a dress dagger heavily steeped in Ancient Roman design was introduced for SA members to wear with their iconic “brown shirt” uniform. The SA was a massive organization, with an eventual strength of close to 3 million men, and the demand for those daggers was equally intense. They were produced by 123 different makers, from the finest cutlers of Solingen to small, cottage-industry workshops. This German WW2 Carl Eickhorn RZM M7/66 1941 SA Dress Dagger is in Excellent Condition, with some light scratching and scabbard wear at each side of the blade, a bit of nicking to the lower blade edges, some light scratching, flaking, and spot patina to the guard and pommel, some light scattered darkening to the handle, some light scattered nicking to the right side of the handle, and with some light scattered age wear evident. Most interestingly, it features an 8 3/4” bright double edge dagger blade with the classic SA motto “Alles für Deutschland” (translating to “All for Germany”) crisply etched along the left side, boasts the classic bright nickel plated guard, pommel, and pommel nut, and is etched at the reverse ricasso with the circular “RZM” mark, along with the maker’s code “M7/66”, denoting manufacture by the famous Carl Eickhorn, and the date, “1941”. It sports a beautiful walnut handle with the traditional German national eagle inset in inverted fashion at the middle left side and the familiar SA enameled roundel inset in inverted fashion at the lower left side, and is complete with the original German WW2 SA Brown Painted Steel Scabbard in Excellent Condition, with only some light scattered scratching and age wear evident. Most interestingly, it retains approximately 95% of the original brown painted finish on the body, exhibits the original bright nickel plated throat and end tip, and carries the original brown leather hanging strap with bright plated nickel hardware attached to the hanging ring at the left side of the throat. The belt clip of that strap is “RZM” stamped, along with the maker’s code “M5/8”, denoting manufacture by the famous F. W. Assmann & Söhne, and the set is a beautiful example of a rare, original German WW2 Carl Eickhorn RZM M7/66 1941 SA Dress Dagger.