Original Item: Only One Available. This is an original German WWII hanger set for a Kriegsmarine Naval Administrative Official dagger, or Offizier Dolch für Marinebeamte. These closely resemble the standard Kriegsmarine officer dagger hangers but are distinguished by their silver colored aluminum alloy hardware rather than gilt fittings. The set retains its black moiré fronts, high pile black velvet backs, Lion Head buckles, spring clips, and the correct chain with regain hook.

Each hanger is constructed with black moiré material on the obverse and fine black velvet on the reverse. The fabric remains in very good condition overall, with strong color, only light wear, and some minor soiling from age and use.

The adjustable buckles are the distinctive Lion Head pattern and are made from aluminum alloy, matching the remainder of the silver colored hardware. Spring clips are fitted at both ends for attachment to the belt and dagger suspension points.

The upper clip on the shorter hanger section also retains its chain and regain hook, used to hitch the dagger up when required.

The aluminum fittings remain in very good condition with only light wear and age related oxidation. The steel grommets show some oxidation, and there is localized fraying of the surrounding fabric where they pass through the hanger material.

Overall condition is very good, with the black velvet backing, moiré fronts, Lion Head buckles, clips, chain, and regain hook all present. The light fabric wear, minor soiling, oxidation to the hardware and grommets, and fraying around the grommets are all fully disclosed.

With their silver colored aluminum alloy fittings, black moiré construction, velvet backing, Lion Head buckles, complete spring clips, and surviving regain hook assembly, these are a particularly appealing set of Kriegsmarine Naval Administrative Official dagger hangers. They would display especially well with a Marinebeamte dagger, Kriegsmarine officer edged weapon, Lion Head hanger, or advanced German WWII naval collection.

The Kriegsmarine was the navy of NSDAP Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war Reichsmarine (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches, along with the Heer and the Luftwaffe, of the Wehrmacht, the German armed forces from 1935 to 1945.

In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, the Kriegsmarine grew rapidly during German naval rearmament in the 1930s. The 1919 treaty had limited the size of the German navy and prohibited the building of submarines.

Kriegsmarine ships were deployed to the waters around Spain during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) under the guise of enforcing non-intervention, but in reality supported the Nationalists against the Spanish Republicans.

In January 1939, Plan Z, a massive shipbuilding program, was ordered, calling for surface naval parity with the British Royal Navy by 1944. When World War II broke out in September 1939, Plan Z was shelved in favor of a crash building program for submarines (U-boats) instead of capital surface warships, and land and air forces were given priority of strategic resources.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (as for all branches of armed forces during the period of absolute NSDAP power) was Adolf H, who exercised his authority through the Oberkommando der Marine ("High Command of the Navy").

The Kriegsmarine's most significant ships were the U-boats, most of which were constructed after Plan Z was abandoned at the beginning of World War II. Wolfpacks were rapidly assembled groups of submarines which attacked British convoys during the first half of the Battle of the Atlantic but this tactic was largely abandoned by May 1943 when U-boat losses mounted. Along with the U-boats, surface commerce raiders (including auxiliary cruisers) were used to disrupt Allied shipping in the early years of the war, the most famous of these being the heavy cruisers Admiral Graf Spee and Admiral Scheer and the battleship Bismarck. However, the adoption of convoy escorts, especially in the Atlantic, greatly reduced the effectiveness of surface commerce raiders against convoys.

Following the end of World War II in 1945, the Kriegsmarine's remaining ships were divided up among the Allied powers and were used for various purposes including minesweeping. Some were loaded with superfluous chemical weapons and scuttled.