Kriegsmarine Naval Officer Sword.

**Maarten** · 07-12-2021, 11:21 PM

Who could this “Heinrich” be, and was this sword from an officer?

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 07-12-2021 11:21 PM

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**Maarten** · 07-12-2021, 11:25 PM

Addition to my post.

The sword was inherited from my great grandfather, he was a member of the German cavalary in the 1st WW. No idea how he got the sword, but my grandma says he has always been secret about it.

**Maarten** · 07-12-2021, 11:39 PM

I also might af that I cleaned it a bit, and I waxed it with Renaissance wax. So it stays well preserved

See upper picture before I waxed it.

**MAP** · 07-13-2021, 05:05 AM

Welcome Maarten,

One of our edged weapons specialist should be around to help you out.

**Frogprince** · 07-13-2021, 07:06 AM

Maarten, It's a very nice example of an Imperial era Naval Offier's saber by one of the better makers.

And it's personalized which opens the door to some further research. That without the right resources I think could prove very challenging. A case in point being an Army Officer's saber that I knew belonged to a member of the (lesser) nobility that took at least several years for confirmation. That for me was even harder because reading the old style script was difficult, and it was combined with other language differences - the upside of which was a better understanding of how they did things. That said, I am at a loss to explain how a cavalryman came into possession of a Naval sword. Best Regards, Fred

**Anderson** · 07-13-2021, 09:11 AM

Rather nice. I would say early 1900's and pre-WW1 made based on the maker mark.

**Maarten** · 07-13-2021, 10:40 AM

Do you think it was used in a war/in service of the “officer”, because this sword would be from an officer at that time? But based on the 1900’s not from the kriegsmarine? Or was the kriegsmarine already up and running since the 1900’s? Thank you in advance! Have good one!