Bulgaria, Kingdom. A Royal Tudovac (Labour Corps) Officer’s Dagger Auction with a metal and paper

with a metal and paper backer on the reverse and all four prongs intact

Footnote: The Order of Antonio Maceo is awarded to the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) for causing significant damage to enemy forces in combat

maker marked “RZM 36/37 SS” for “Overhoff & Cie

as well as line on handle

He is buried in the Cliveden War Cemetery

Bulgaria, Kingdom. A Royal Tudovac (Labour Corps) Officer’s Dagger Auction with a metal and paperAn example of a dagger belonging to the Officer of the Royal Bulgarian Labour Corps, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26 cm long, nickel plated magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and a flat surface running the majority of the length on both sides. The blade sits within a gilded bronze crossguard, bearing a lions head quill on the one side and a quill consisting of a spade with a pickaxe superimposed