Original Imperial German WWI Etched Artillery Officer's Sword with Scabbard by Mohr & Speyer, Berlin DVD Total German losses were estimated

Total German losses were estimated at 30

with the tri-color design dyed into the fabric

with a nice aged blue finish showing just a bit of peppering on one area of the barrel

The gun bears the E / L G / * in an oval marking on the frame

black checkered Bakelite or genuine stag grip plates and black painted scabbard

Original Imperial German WWI Etched Artillery Officer's Sword with Scabbard by Mohr & Speyer, Berlin DVD Total German losses were estimatedOriginal item: Only One Available. Just received out of long long storage! Despite the machine guns and artillery, swords were still issued to officers in WWI. This is a fine example of the German Artillery Officer's Sword, commonly referred to as the "Blcher Sabel," named for the Prussian Commander Gebhard Leberecht von Blcher, who was ally to the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This example looks to have been "dressed up", most