A hunting dagger., Single-edged blade with a double-edged point. Simple iron quillons, conical bone-grip, silver ferrule and pommel-cap. Length 36 cm. Leather scabbard with silver mounts. On the obverse side an engraved coat of arms and the inscription "Jägermeister David von Splitgerber 1857", the reverse showing a coat of arms and "Garde Jäger-Hauptmann Eric von Witzleben 1857". David von Splitgerber (1683 - 1764) was an entrepreneur in Berlin, canon of Caminn and master hunter to Prince Ferdinand of Prussia. Eric of Witzleben (1847 - 1919) was a Prussian maj,
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