Germany, Imperial. An Infantry Officer’s M89 Dress Sword Newly Listed some unissued

some unissued

1944 in the village of Novo-Buda

with green lacquer

superimposed on the obverse sits a blue enamelled golden kite with mustard yellow enamelled crossed swords with silver hilts atop the arms and a red flag at 3 and 9 o’clock presenting heraldic ‘mitsutomoe’ devices and a silver

both the pinback and inscription display evidence of postwar addition

Germany, Imperial. An Infantry Officer’s M89 Dress Sword Newly Listed some unissued(Offiziersdegen M89). A very well preserved Infantry Officers M89 dress sword, measuring 93. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 76 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and with dual narrow fullers running the majority of the length of each side. Fully unmarked, the blade sits securely within a multi piece hilt, with a partially intact red wool buffer pad covering the seam. The hilt consists