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 E&F Horster Luftwaffe Officer 2nd Model Dress Dagger is in Very Good Condition, with some scratching at each side of the blade, some light darkening to the grip, some light loosening to the middle handle wrapping, some light spot fraying to the upper strands of the portepee, some loosening to the top layers of the knot portion of the portepee, and with some scattered age wear evident. Most interestingly, it features a 10" bright double edge dagger blade with a pronounced central spine, sports the classic spread wing eagle Luftwaffe guard, oak leaves and acorns decorated ferrule, and matching oak leaves and acorns decorated pommel, the last 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 at the reverse ricasso with the logo of its maker, the famous “E.&F. HORSTER / SOLINGEN”, carries the original brown leather "bumper pad" at the blade/guard join, and even retains the original silver bullion portepee still neatly wrapped and knotted around the upper handle. The dagger is complete with the original German WW2 Luftwaffe Officer 2nd Model Dress Scabbard in Very Good Condition, with heavy fraying to the cheesecloth backing of the top hanger, heavy scattered fraying to that top hanger, some scattered fraying to the bottom hanger, missing the securing prong from the top hanger buckle, missing the entire cheesecloth backing from the bottom hanger, missing the belt clip from the tops of the hangers, which also would connect the two, and with some scattered finish abrading, spot patina, and 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, retains the original blue rayon and silver bullion dress hangers, and the set is a fine example of a rare, original German WW2 E&F Horster Luftwaffe Officer 2nd Model Dress Dagger.