info on Nazi dress dagger

Robin

July 07, 2011 07:59

A friend of mine has a Nazi dress dagger that he is thinking about selling. It is a veteran bring back and he described it as a "Tenor Leader dress dagger". A family member gave it to him about 35 years ago. The serial number is 0758 and matches the serial number on the scabbard. It has the cloth belt and and metal attachment and another silver color cloth (pommel?)decoration. The cloth parts are in poor condition.

Some of the metal plating is coming off in spots but the blade looks very good as does the sheath and yellowish grip. The hilt of the blade is marked Eckhorn with a squirrel looking animal holding a blade between the E and the C. I have some pictures that I can have e-mailed to someone if they would be so kind to look at them. Is this something that is suitable for the GB auction side? I am hoping to get my buddy an idea of a ball park price range?

EDIT: Tenor should be Teno

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  sandwarrior

  July 07, 2011 08:15

  Robin,
  
  Last time I looked at these they were running about $2500 for one in Mint condition. Take that and go down from there with whatever is wrong with it, as to how valuable they could be.
  
  That's a ballpark figure. We don't know if it went over the fence, off to the side, down the middle or three times over the plate...without a picture.[;)]
  
  At the top of this forum you will see a short tutorial on how to post pics.
  
  
  Edit:
  
  Here's a website for you to see what you may have:
  http://germandressdaggers.com/dagger_gallery_menu.htm
  
  going back to the home page, this guy gives us some 2008 prices:
  http://germandressdaggers.com/dagger_prices.htm
  
  As of 2008, prices may vary a little but I doubt they went up, the Teno Hewer was around $1500 and the Teno Officer (not leader?) was $3000. Again, theres your ballpark estimate based on how real and how good it is.

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  rufe-snow

  July 07, 2011 08:17

  Could be a valuable piece. Needs a hands on by a pro though, doubt if photos would be sufficient to authenticate it. Bunch of these were put together after the end of the war from parts for sale to GI's. Because of this folks who collect these are very wary of these so called GI bringbacks.
  
  Use GOOGLE to search the net for a W W II German militeria collector or dealer who lives close. Arrange a meeting for a hands-on. Be kind of cautious though some of the guys who deal in this stuff aren't the most honest in the world. You might also try a large regional gun show if their is one close to you.

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  lew07

  July 08, 2011 09:37

  Try asking the boys on The Whermacht Awards Forum

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  Snigley

  July 08, 2011 18:25

  Whatever you do, don't clean it. That can reduce the value by about 30%. This is a desirable maker, but everything depends on condition. The only cloth items would be the hangers which originally suspended the dagger during wear. These are actually far more rare than the dagger itself. As stated, there are a couple dagger forums around that should be able to give you a good idea if you have some detailed photos.

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