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. Beginning in 1935, Luftwaffe officers wore the distinctive 1st model dress dagger, distinguished by the “pinwheel” style swastika at the guard and pommel. These 1st model daggers were quickly replaced by a smaller, Army style design in 1937, making any surviving examples scarce today. This German WW2 Paul Weyersberg Luftwaffe Officer 1st Model Dress Dagger is in Good Condition, with some scratching and scattered spot patina at each side of the blade, some cracking and loosening to the back half of the leather “bumper” pad, some tarnishing to the gold finish on the swastikas on the guard, heavy loosening to the brass wire wrapping on the grip, some scattered surface tearing to the leather covering of the grip, all of the gold finish having worn away from the swastikas on the pommel, and with some overall age wear evident. Most interestingly, it features a 12" bright double edge dagger blade with a pronounced central spine, sports the classic “pinwheel” swastika insignia crafted in the wide flaring metal guard and disc shaped metal pommel, and is etched at the ricasso with the logo of its maker, the famous “PAUL WEYERSBERG & CO / SOLINGEN”. It boasts the traditional dark blue leather over wood “cigar” shaped grip with several rows of brass wire wrapping, with the outer rows being straight, and the middle rows being elegantly “twisted”, retains the original, matching dark blue leather “bumper” pad at the blade/guard join, and is complete with the original German WW2 Luftwaffe Officer 1st Model Dress Scabbard in Fair Condition, with all of the leather covering from the lower body having torn away long ago, moderate cracking and tearing to the leather covering at the upper front body, heavy cracking and tearing to the leather covering at the upper back body, heavy patina to the exposed metal on the body, some tarnishing to the metal fittings throughout, and with moderate overall age wear evident. Most interestingly, it bears remnants of the original dark blue leather covering on the upper body, carries the original metal throat piece with left side hanging ring, central fitting with left side hanging ring, and “ball” end tip, and exhibits the original circular looped metal “chain” hanger with a fully functional metal snap clip. It’s stamped “31 / FL. 19” at the back throat, undoubtedly a German Luftwaffe organizational marking, and the set is a fine example of a very rare, original German WW2 Paul Weyersberg Luftwaffe Officer 1st Model Dress Dagger.