I don't know much about these but it looks like a very nice sword. I have one that is WKC marked. My sword has an eel skin handle and is triple etched. The etch looks similar in some aspects but the blue panels were a extra cost option.
Private purchase Extrasäbel for artillery soldiers to wear while off duty. Being a smaller and more decorative version of the military issue saber. Best Regards, Fred
A nice sword someone has over restored.
With a different device that has a few digital tools on it I'm getting a different impression of the first sword. Not in hand it now may be a later period Officer's or senior grade NCO's saber that has been rebuilt? The Officer's version usually having a more generic etching, and the grip/guard portion of brass now looking like a yellowish plating over nickel. Best Regards, Fred
The rivet through the grip should be peened over. It's not, suggests it was removed for restoration/refurbishment.
Is it necessary to disassemble it to check something or not?
Yellow grip/guard non magnethic
The scabbard does look like it was repainted, and I have the same sense as Anderson that it went through some kind of process or processes to make it look like it does now. For myself I would not do anything else to it because there is always the chance that it could cause damage that could be even harder to correct. Attached an image of what I seemed to be seeing that you have clarified. Best Regards, Fred
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