Lot 419: SS Style Artifacts, Angolia-Attributed Fighting Knife

Knife measures 9 1/2" OAL with a 14 1/2" blade, no makers marks, brass hilt, stag grips and a leather scabbard. In a glass-topped display case with a tropical-pattern SS breast eagle patch, a pair of Party event badges, a small SS desk banner, a Tank Badge, and a Gestapo-style identity disc. Attached to the underside of the case is a certificate from AAG International claiming the knife as a "Waffen-SS Combat Fighting Knife" and attributing it to the collection of noted author John Angolia (the other items in the case are not mentioned). The knife has been cleaned and sharpened, otherwise good overall.