SA Service Dagger by Wester & Butz With Vertical Hanger

An early SA service dagger by the rarely encountered make of Wester & Buts, marked to Gruppe Ostmark, with both the brown leather belt clip and a black leather vertical hanger. The burnishing is largely gone from the motto and the blade has spots and scratches indicative of sharpening on both edges. The wood grip is a medium red-brown with a nickel silver grip eagle and an enamel SA runes button that has several chips in it. The wood grip is without chips or cracks. There is verdigris in the area of the upper scabbard fitting where the vertical hanger is attached, and the entire dagger presents as untouched and uncleaned. The lacquer is worn on the scabbard but the scabbard paint is intact. The initials “MPK”are scratched into the lower scabbard fitting.