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12-01-2020 06:20 PM
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Nice sword Kurt. I think you are right in the time era. It seems very likely to be a Reichswehr officer sword, from the mid to late 1920's, with a retrofitted TR Heer eagle fitted to the langet. Michael Ryan had some examples like this with a silver eagle pinned to the langet. It's quite possible the owner had it fitted in the early years of the Third Reich, or perhaps more likely after the Reichswehr became the Wehrmacht in 1935. The langet itself could have been modified and hand worked to fit the new emblem at one of the many outfitter shops who retailed swords. It seems these add on eagles were used prior to the sword makers tooling up to produce swords with the TR eagle cast into the hilt fittings. And presumably some officers didn't wish to replace their sword. My own WKC catalogue from late 1930's does not show this model of jawless Lion at all.
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I have seen a couple of these along the years and all are a very high build quality, my best guess is that previous Reichswehr stock was modified to TR, i dont think its special order, as to me its more like a small batch, as they dont pop up on every corner but certainly more then a special order would justify.
I like these sabers a lot, high quality with a stunning eagle on the lancet.
Congratz and thanks for showing!
Ger
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I have seen a couple of these along the years and all are a very high build quality, my best guess is that previous Reichswehr stock was modified to TR, i dont think its special order, as to me its more like a small batch, as they dont pop up on every corner but certainly more then a special order would justify.
I like these sabers a lot, high quality with a stunning eagle on the lancet.
Congratz and thanks for showing!
Ger
Ger, I get your point and you may be correct. My experience has been with some even higher quality Imperial era sabers where some were made (probably in small batches) with a basically neutral outside langet to which was attached an artillery cannon emblem, sabers, or some other emblem as a silver appliqué - which to me made a lot of sense from a manufacturing standpoint. With the inside langet usually something like a blank shield that could be engraved. My thoughts on the special order aspect focused more on the inside langet that would not ordinarily be seen with no known reservoir of branch specific inside langet hilt mold patterns. Although one could be created fairly easily I believe as they were possibly using wax to cast the hilt, and if not then the traditional sand or some combination of techniques suitable for that time period. Best Regards, Fred
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Impressive Kurt and Great job.
Nothing is lost in condition.
Regards Larry
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- Larry C
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