WWI German Dagger Price Guide - MilitaryItems.com

GERMAN WWII SA DAGGER HILT MARKINGS
The SA was the oldest paramilitary formation of the NSDAP and made its first appearance in November 1921 at a rally in the Munich Hofbrauhaus. The SA was composed mainly from members of the various Freikorps formations. Herman Goring was the founder of the SA. His vision was to create a military unit for the NSDAP.

The SA dagger was without doubt the most widely produced dagger of the third Reich. Manufactured by every single RZM maker (over 100 of them). All degrees of quality are present. From the exquisite to the very poor. Approximatelly 5 million daggers were made between 1933 and 1944.

These are small abbreviations that were found in the lower langet of most SA service daggers between 1933 and 1945.

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This sample is marked "Nrh" indicating the dagger was issued in the "Niederrheim" district.

HILT MARKING	DISTRICT NAME
A	Alpenland
BO	Bayerische Ostmark
B	Berlin-Brandenburg
Do	Donau
Fr	Franken
Ha	Hansa
He	Hessen
Ho	Hochland
KP	Kurpfalz
Mi	Mitte
Nrh	Niederrheim
Ns	Niedersachsen
Nm	Nordmark
No	Nordsee
Ost	Ostland
Om	Ostmark
P	Pommern
SA	Sachsen (also SA)
S	Schlesien
Su	Sudeten
Sm	Sudmark
Sw	Sudwest
Th	Thuringen
Wf	Westfalen
Wm	Westmark

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