flea market pickup sword german?

[helmnutty]

just picked up over the weekend at a flea market . I thought it was a wwi german sword so i paid $140 . i no very little about it and unsure if i paid too much for the sword .

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Hmm, not sure about this one. It looks Imperial German WW1, as you said. But for WW1 it looks pretty "new" looking. I'm not that good with sabers/swords, so I would wait until another person evaluates it.

[tampalam]

It looks like a church item or a fraternal oranization type of sword. I am not a sword guy, so I am only speculating.

[Walkwolf]

It is a Masonic sword. It's missing the chain that runs from the pommel to the crossguard.
$140 is about the going rate for something like this............

[tampalam]

I thought it might be Masonic but was not sure if they reference St. John in the rites. Definitely did not look like any military sword I have seen. I hope heñmnutty did not pay too much for it.

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Even if it is worth 140 dollars, I wouldn't pay that much for it.

[colt45]

just sold 1 for $50 at a flea mkt. ,,never buy another one

[lithgow]

Hello-I would think this is a dress sword for the Knights of St John Hospitallers-the St John's Ambulance of British C'wlth countries. Note the Maltese Cross on the scabbard, symbol of the knights.

[operaman]

I think it is a Knights of Columbus sword,my dad had one very simmilar to that one.