horster ss marked sword

**j dubbel** · 12-31-2011, 08:21 PM

]hello guys

i have been offered this sword whit hanger made by horster
can anyone please tell me if its a war time piece and who jused it

thanks

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 12-31-2011 08:21 PM

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**Little Mermaid** · 12-31-2011, 08:41 PM

This looks to me like an army NCO sword with added SS engravings and a Danziger type of skull added to the hanger.

**Walkwolf** · 12-31-2011, 08:48 PM

Looks like this to me also. The SS never had a sword of this style.
The SS sword pattern is unique, and very similar
to the Police type.

**j dubbel** · 12-31-2011, 08:52 PM

thanks guys wanted to be shure i also never seen one of these either nor at the website of johnson

not that this has anything to do whit this topic but johnson is speaking of an ss lionshead sword
can anyone show just a picture of houwe that supposed to look like

thanks guys and a happy newyear

**Walkwolf** · 12-31-2011, 08:56 PM

I don't have a link, but I know there were similar swords with an SS marking
which was stamped on the blade only. There was some discussion
of these on the forum a while ago.

**Wagriff** · 12-31-2011, 09:09 PM

Craig Gottleib has a lionshead on his site. SS Silver Lions Head Sword William

**j dubbel** · 12-31-2011, 09:13 PM

thanks for showing

**Walkwolf** · 12-31-2011, 09:37 PM

Further reasearch/study required on my part, as I had never seen
an Army style sword with SS langets before - silver or gilt.........

**Lakesidetrader** · 01-01-2012, 06:33 PM

Prior to 1936 SS officers carried army style swords. Examples of both dovehead and lionheads exist. Some with SS rune languets. Many such examples are shown in Wittmann's excellent reference. Often collectors are lerry about such pieces as they often command high prices. I make no judgement on the example pictured above.

**Frogprince** · 01-07-2012, 12:33 AM

From what I have seen, the fake SS sabers outnumber the legitimate ones by far to include some sold by dealer(s) in relatively recent times. With some very questionable ones also being in Wittmann's SS book which surfaced later for discussion. With one of the easier ways to make a conventional sword into a much more valuable "SS" sword by using an newly made appliqué attached to the langet. Which seems to be the case here, with what looks like in the image a "scrubbed" to bare metal langet, with a set of not that well done hand made runes soldered to the langet (with some examples it's using a new langet overlay, or an escutcheon). FP