This is an excellent example of an early S.A. dagger with a blade that has cross grain running the full length of the blade on both sides. The “Alles Fur Deutfchland” motto is nicely etched and shows a stippled background. The maker on the blade reads GEBR. HELLER. This maker is ranked number four on the McSarr rarity chart.

Good condition wooden grip with nicely inserted S.A rune and detailed eagle. Solid nickel silver crossguards with the bottom crossguard being gau marked “th”. This mark stands for Thuringen and tells us that this was the original issue location.

The brown anodised scabbard is undamaged and fitted with nickle silver fittings that has all four screws in place. From the colour of the nickel fittings we can see that they haven’t been cleaned for a long time and completely match the same colour as the nickle crossguards on the handle. The blade fits the scabbard perfectly with a nice smooth fit.

This is a great example of a superb blade.