German RLB Officer’s dagger 2nd Pattern

In a very nice condition a stunning and well-preserved Reichsluftschutzbund (Reich Air Protection League/RLB) Officer’s dagger.
The dagger comes from a private household in the USA and was clearly a veteran bring back from Third Reich Germany.
The dagger is measuring 39.5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 24.5 cm-long, nickel-plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges.
The blade is plain with the exception of a maker’s mark on the reverse ricasso of “PAUL WEYERSBERG & CO., SOLINGEN”, circumscribing the firm’s wreathed sword logo.
The blade sits securely within a ribbed nickel-silver crossguard, with the obverse bearing a stylized German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika. The handle grip consists of a curved wooden core, fully lined on the exterior with a dark blue Moroccan leather liner. Inset into the obverse of the handle is a second pattern RLB insignia consisting of a silvered bronze eight-pointed starburst, overlaid by a black enameled mobile swastika.
It is completed with the rare and hard to find dagger hanger that has a repair on one of the leather straps.
This rare dagger is in an overall nice condition and look great in every German collection.
One of the hard to find daggers!

Code: 80689