Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Sabre, By Carl Eickhorn United Republic of contact and gilt wear on

contact and gilt wear on the reverse

with a olive green rayon backer strip sewn to the bottom of the tongue

(Waffen-SS Standarte 2 “Germania” Untersturmführer Kragenspiegel)

with a reinforced button hole at the neck end housing a silvered magnetic metal button with a pebbled upper

pinching evident on the bottom corners on the the front and back covers

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Sabre, By Carl Eickhorn United Republic of contact and gilt wear on(Heer Offiziers Sbel). A well preserved Heer Officers sabre, measuring 98. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 83 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a gentle curvature, sharpened tip, and with fullers running approximately two thirds of the length of each side. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic logo of a squirrel clutching a sword.