SS Junkers School Klagenfurt Newspaper Turner / Letter Opener Mammoth Ivory with Silver Fitting 800 Silver Walter Bestmann
Early newspaper turner / letter opener, material: mammoth ivory with silver fitting, distinctive eagle head, head stamped with 800 silver hallmark and maker's mark, total length approximately 43 cm. Engraved on one side:
To our Commander XX Stdf.-SS Junkers School Klagenfurt Wartime Christmas 1943 Walter Bestmann
Walter Bestmann received the Knight's Cross as Commander of the Reconnaissance Division of the SS Death's Head Division and was Commander of the Waffen-SS Junkers School Klagenfurt