Original German WWII Chained Numbered SS Dagger by Artur Schüttelhöfer Brought Back Post War by USAF Maj. Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Jr. - RZM 534 / 38 / ᛋᛋ Technical Books In the center is M/78

In the center is M/78

On 20 August 1877

which left only seven officers and forty-eight enlisted men in the entire battalion of over 700

These flare guns were made for commercial and military wartime use

though one of the lenses is slightly chipped on the edge

Original German WWII Chained Numbered SS Dagger by Artur Schüttelhöfer Brought Back Post War by USAF Maj. Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Jr. - RZM 534 / 38 / ᛋᛋ Technical Books In the center is M/78Original Item: One of a Kind Bring Back Set. This is a truly exceptional find, recently purchased directly from a collector who had been in possession of this Chained SS dagger since 2014. They had acquired it directly from Major General Hoyt. S. Vandenberg, Jr. USAF (Ret'd), an accomplished aviator and former commandant of the United States Air Force Academy. During the 1950s, Vandenberg had been stationed West Germany, and whilst he was in Wiesbaden