Original German WWII Early 1st Model Luftwaffe Dagger by SMF with Hanger and Unit Marking 81mm Mortar and the grip is tight

and the grip is tight on the knife

The barrel is marked along the top:

In the Second World War the operations staff of the underground subcamp of Zeisig of the Natzweiler prison camp between the villages of Bruttig and Treis was located in Cochem

Source: Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare Bashford Dean 1920

The condition is very good or better

Original German WWII Early 1st Model Luftwaffe Dagger by SMF with Hanger and Unit Marking 81mm Mortar and the grip is tightOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a very nice 1st Model Luftwaffe Dagger made in in the late 1930s. It has plated mounts throughout all being nickel plated with blue oxide. The plating has worn in may places, showing the brass alloy base metal and flash coating. The rim of the pommel shows some usage with some small denting on the end. The sunwheel medallion is the type that is inserted, and was originally left bare brass before the blue plating