WWII Nazi German souvenir lot brought back by a member of the 649th Combat Engineers. The soldier's name was Tech 5 Corporal Calvin C. Kuhl ASN 32155885. items to include 1) SA Dagger with Three Piece Hanger by M7/13. SA Dagger RZM M7/13 by Arthur Schuttelhofer & Co. is is in excellent condition. The blade and overall dagger is an excellent plus! The dark and crisp acid etched “Alles für Deutschland” motto and RZM M7/13 by Arthur Schuttelhofer. The cross grain can be seen the full length of the blade! The tip is perfect as is the fit!. The grip on this dagger is great, with a nice even finish and vibrant color. The SA enamel emblem and grip eagle show very little wear and are in pristine condition. The plated zinc crossguards do show normal wear and very minor lifting. Which is typical on these late war daggers. This SA Dagger – RZM M7/13 is complete with its original scabbard, which looks amazing. It retains nearly all of its original brown enamel paint, which has just minor handling marks. The scabbard fittings are plated zinc, a perfect match for the dagger fittings, and retain lots of original luster. The dagger scabbard ball at the bottom of the scabbard is perfect with no dents or damage. This SA Dagger – RZM M7/13 by Arthur Schuttelhofer & Co is very attractive and seems to be very difficult to find in this excellent condition nowadays. The “Sturmabteilung” (SA), formed in 1921, was the original paramilitary branch of the Nazi party. With the Nazi rise to power in 1933, a dress dagger was introduced for wear with the iconic “brown shirt” uniform. As the SA was a huge organization, with an eventual strength of close to three million men, there was a huge demand for these daggers, and they were produced by 123 different makers, from larger factories to small, cottage-industry workshops. The daggers featured a wood grip with an inset enameled SA emblem and the German national eagle and swastika emblem. The blade was etched with the motto of the SA, “Alles für Deutschland.” The early daggers were crafted with the utmost quality, in both workmanship and materials. Originally, the name and logo of each manufacturer was etched on the reverse of the blade. These early daggers featured hand-fitted nickel silver fittings, and scabbards that had an anodized coating. Prior to around 1935, the daggers were stamped with an SA group letter on the reverse of the crossguard. In 1936, the Reichszeugmeisterie der NSDAP (RZM) organization began to standardize the manufacture of the SA dagger. Commercial type manufacturer markings were to be eliminated, and replaced with the RZM logo as well as an RZM code to indicate the manufacturer. Late production daggers marked with RZM logos usually are made with plated zinc fittings, and have aluminum grip eagles. Instead of the early anodizing process, later scabbards were simply painted. During the transitional period around 1936, many daggers were manufactured bearing the RZM logo and maker code in combination with the earlier type maker names and logos. These transitional daggers can be found with early or late features, or a mix of both. 2) WWII NAZI GERMAN MIMO WRISTWATCH. Watch is running in excellent condition with a dual tone face. 3) WWII NAZI GERMAN WAR TRIALS BOOK SS DACHAU. WWII Nazi German War Crimes book SS Dachau printed in 1945. 649th Engr, Topo Batallion 7th Army, 1945. Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 67pp illustrated by absolutely horrifying, graphic, photographs. This is an original of this early report on Dachau assembled shortly after its liberation. The foreword is by Quinn; the other three sections were prepared by 7th Army units; OSS Section: PW B Section; and CIC Detachment. Includes structure of the camp, discussion of activities and experiments, a report on the citizens of the surrounding town, excerpts from diaries, and lots more. Excellent Dachau was a Nazi concentration camp opened in March 1933, which was initially intended to hold political prisoners. It is located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory northeast of the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km (10 mi) northwest of Munich in the state of Bavaria, in southern Germany. After its opening by Heinrich Himmler, its purpose was enlarged to include forced labor, and, eventually, the imprisonment of Jews, German and Austrian criminals, and finally foreign nationals from countries that Germany occupied or invaded. The Dachau camp system grew to include nearly 100 sub-camps, which were mostly work camps or Arbeitskommandos, and were located throughout southern Germany and Austria. The main camp was liberated by U.S. forces on 29 April 1945. Prisoners lived in constant fear of brutal treatment and terror detention including standing cells, floggings, the so-called tree or pole hanging, and standing at attention for extremely long periods.[6] There were 32,000 documented deaths at the camp, and thousands that are undocumented. Approximately 10,000 of the 30,000 prisoners were sick at the time of liberation. In the postwar years the Dachau facility served to hold SS soldiers awaiting trial. After 1948, it held ethnic Germans who had been expelled from eastern Europe and were awaiting resettlement, and also was used for a time as a United States military base during the occupation. It was finally closed in 1960. There are several religious memorials within the Memorial Site, which is open to the public. 4) WWII NAZI GERMAN SMALL NSDAP FLAG.  Small 15" x 68" multi piece double sided flag with swastika onto the white disc. Excellent. Probably one of the most recognizable pieces of insignia associated with the Nazi regime is the swastika flag. Utilized by pretty much by all the organization of the Third Reich in one form or another. The swastika, (a Sanskrit word meaning "well being"), is an ancient symbol that was utilized in numerous diverse cultures and signified both the cycle of life and the sun. The swastika was also a Nordic rune and the pagan Germanic symbol for Thor, God of Adventurers. During WWI the swastika began to represent national and anti-Semitic leanings in such organizations as the Thule society and other German nationalistic movements and later, assorted Freikorps groups. In the midsummer of 1920 Hitler adopted the swastika as the premier symbol of the NSDAP. In "Mein Kampf", Hitler states that although numerous party members had proposed the swastika and red, black and white as the party emblem and colors it was he himself who came up with the final design. The flag itself was adopted as the national flag of Germany after Hitler's rise to power in 1933. 5) Ephemera including a newspaper article with a photo of then Private Calvin Kuhl, 8 1/2 X 11 black and white photo showing members of the 649th Engineers with Private Kuhl holding the newspaper in the center., Copy of his DD-214, Letter written by Corporal Calvin C. Kuhl identifying the items that he brought back and sold to a military collector.Excellent.