Grandfather's German (?) Sword

**militarymania** · 01-13-2011, 11:44 PM

very nice sword,,,,thanks for posting,,,

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 01-13-2011 11:44 PM

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**gerrit** · 01-14-2011, 08:31 AM

Hi Frogprince,

you're right: in fact there is more wrong:

Weitze called it "Kaiserin Augusta Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 2" but she was the Queen of prussia, but also the wife of Wilhelm1 ( emperor of germany)
That means she was the german empress, but it was a true prussian regiment.

On that behalf it had her prussian title: Königin= Queen and was called:

Königin Augusta Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 4

**Frogprince** · 01-14-2011, 06:49 PM

Hello Gerrit,

That is correct, which is what made it all the more puzzling, because Weitze Militaria is a German firm. And it would have been nice to be able to actually have seen all of of the described features/inscriptions on the sword. To see if they were being reported accurately, or there were mistakes with that part of the description as well.

With my Best Regards, FP