E-439b Early SA Dagger Without Hanger by Anton
Wingen Jr.
This untouched example is right out of the woodwork! The
fittings throughout have that greenish tinge appearance. I’ve left them
alone, and will leave it will up to the new owner to decide whether or not to
clean them! The guards are solid nickel having smooth surfaces and fine
crisp edges. They have the characteristic deep hand-enhanced accent
grooving which is the hallmark of Wingen pieces. The guards are both
internally marked with the letters P. and A. on either side tang clearance hole.
The tang is heavily coated with oxidation, which is a further sign that this has
NOT been apart or tampered with in any form! The reverse lower crossguard
is Gau-stamped No. The grip is a dark brown color, having a medium contour
ridge displaying minor wear/age to both sides. In addition, there are few
splash speckles of house paint appearing to the obverse side. I believe
that this piece was hanging on perhaps the den wall during at least one painting
process. The SA button is the convex style being nicely placed in a
slightly higher elevated position of the grip. NO worries! There are
numerous enamel chips throughout. The nickel grip eagle is also nicely
placed being the upward pointing beak style exhibiting faint highlight wear.
The grip-to-guard fit is perfect! The blade is a REAL LOOKER! It
remains bright and shiny with 100% crossgraining. The blade edges and tip
remains factory crisp. The runner marks are surprisingly light. The
SA motto, “Alles fur Deutschland”, is crisp, retaining approximately 100% of
the original backgrounding. The blade easily grades near mint to mint-.
HARD to top this one! The reverse ricasso is matching etched with the
larger Wingen little knight trademark with the firm’s name above and the
company location below forming a downward and upward arch Anton Wingen, Jr. /
Solingen. The backgrounding grades 100%! The scabbard shell is
straight to ALL sides. The original factory anodizing and lacquer is
intact, but the surfaces exhibit extensive pimpling in addition to a few tiny
paint splatters to the obverse side. The solid nickel scabbard fittings
perfectly match the look of the hilt. The upper fitting appears to have
faint storage scratches to both sides while the lower fitting and the ball
contain a couple of faint taps to all sides! All domehead screws are
intact showing turning signs which I believe are period done. A decent,
representative example! Excellent.
$1,150.00
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Item E-439b
