Rare TeNo (Technische Nothilfe) Leader’s Dagger, Model 1938, serial number #1328. Total length: 43.0 cm. Maker’s mark on the blade: Carl Eickhorn, Solingen.
Round grip with triple twisted grooves, made of yellow Trolon, convex in shape. The pommel features the distinctive TeNo cogwheel emblem with 15 teeth, firmly screwed onto the tang. At the lower end of the grip is a smooth ferrule ring. The crossguard depicts a TeNo eagle, looking to the left, holding a wreath with a swastika and the cogwheel emblem with the letters “TN”. Part of the nickel coating on the guard is worn off.
Double-edged, mirror-polished blade with full crossgrain. The obverse is etched with the serial number 1328, which also appears on the scabbard throat. The reverse ricasso is marked with the Original Carl Eickhorn Solingen trademark and the etched TeNo eagle with the protected designation “Ges. Gesch.”. The blade shoulders fit perfectly into the lower crossguard, and the original blade buffer is intact.
Good preserved scabbard constructed from one piece of steel with finely pebbled surfaces on both sides. The scabbard throat is separately inserted, secured by a screw on the reverse, and engraved with the matching serial number 1328. Two grooved suspension bands with closed carrying rings complete the fittings. The scabbard tip is smooth and undamaged.
Condition: 2/ EXC+