SS NCO Sword added to my Collection

**Mediumtall** · 07-24-2019, 04:43 PM

-- I recently purchased this SS NCO sword locally to add to my growing collection. The condition appears to be quite good. I'm quite excited to have acquired this as I understand they're rather rare to come across?

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 07-24-2019 04:43 PM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**notton** · 07-24-2019, 09:17 PM

Text book in beautiful condition ! Congratulations .

**Robin Lumsden** · 07-24-2019, 09:22 PM

Great item.

SS NCO swords are rarer than officer versions .......................

**Anderson** · 07-25-2019, 02:26 AM

In very fine condition, even the scabbard paint exceptional.

**Mediumtall** · 07-25-2019, 06:09 AM

-- Is that right, eh? Interesting. I knew they were quite rare but didn't think more so than an officers! Do you know why Robin?

**Adrian Stevenson** · 07-25-2019, 06:27 AM

Very nice indeed.

**gerrit** · 07-25-2019, 10:29 AM

Lovely NCO sword in exceptional condition, that one would fit in nice into my collection

Harder to find then an officers one!

Ger

**JRMeda** · 07-25-2019, 03:14 PM

From the photos, for me it's quite possibly a repainted shell. As well as the areas of the upper scabbard fitting background to the Wotan's knot design, and perhaps also the background of the runes. I could certainly be mistaken. But being quite familiar with these degens, that's the impression that I get. All the same, a nice degen.

**Robin Lumsden** · 07-25-2019, 08:27 PM

by Mediumtall

-- Is that right, eh? Interesting. I knew they were quite rare but didn't think more so than an officers! Do you know why Robin?

Every SS-VT/SS-TV/Waffen-SS officer commissioned before 1941 got a sword. Selected Allgemeine-SS officers likewise. So Officer swords are rare, but not THAT rare.

Only very senior Waffen-SS NCOs (Sgt. Majors, basically) qualified for a sword .................. and there were far less of them than there were officers.

Hence the rarity of the NCO sword.

Put it this way .................. I have an SS officer sword, a Police officer sword (with SS pommel runes), and a Police NCO sword.

The only one of the 'set of 4' I don't have is yours !!

**kirby** · 07-26-2019, 01:20 AM

Excellent condition and a nice addition to any collection. Whittmann usually has 4-5 Officers for every NCO he has in stock. Rare but they still sell for about half what a offers in similar condition.