Hirschfänger für Förster


TitleHirschfänger für Förster
Sketch dated1940 (?)
SignatureUnsigned
OrganizationDeutsche Försterei
Year of adoptionUnadopted
ManufacturerC.Eickhorn (?)
PublicationsNone
SourcesRock Island Auction

The Imperial Forestry Junior Staff Dagger was authorized for forester`s assistants. The design of these daggers featured minor differences as well. The essential difference of this dagger from the senior rank`s one was the material of the grip. Ivory was the privilege of the senior officials, while the assistant`s grip was made of horn and was also decorated with plates on both sides featuring vertically arranged three oak leaves. This sketch is mostly identical to Casberg`s sketch of the Forestry Lieder`s Dagger, that was signed by the artist. Unfortunately this sketch was not approved. The dagger on Casberg`s sketch looked more decorated and embellished compared to patterns of the Forestry Dagger produced in that period.