Sword ID/Info request

[pabyco1]

Oh, and the blade definitely never sharpened..

Paul

[gerrit]

Hi Paul,

the portepee is a Forestry one, for a so called "Förster" so a ranger.
It should be on a hunting dagger like this for example:

Cheers
Ger

[pabyco1]

Thanks so much for the response...I had just looked back at this yesterday hoping I had overlooked a post! You all have been so helpful, my sister and brother-in-law and myself, had no idea the sword had so much history to it. So the portapee belongs with a dagger of a "ranger"...what is a close example here in the US? When you say ranger, do you mean park ranger or Army Ranger? Or was this portapee part of the kit that a guy that grew and cut trees carried with him? All three come to mind for me so it is not clear. The internet has so far been unhelpful in my attempts to understand what a ranger is in Europe/Germany...

Thanks so much, Paul

[Kilian]

A “Förster” in German is a guy who looks after a forest, so a forester, forest ranger or forest warden.

[Kilian]

By the way, the bit in the red circle is in the wrong position on the band.



It should be in the position as shown in the picture posted by Gerrit.

[pabyco1]

Thank you! Y'all are a wealth of knowledge. Paul