Bavaria, Kingdom. A Model 1892 Artilleryman’s Short Sword, Unit-Attributed Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a white cotton circle

with a white cotton circle sewn onto the armband with a black cotton swastika with neat folds sewn onto the white field

He was age 35

the reverse is marked “GES GESCH” and attached to a fluted vertical stickpin

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obverse illustrating a wooded scene with a hunter seated at the left

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Model 1892 Artilleryman’s Short Sword, Unit-Attributed Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a white cotton circle(Faschinenmesser fr die Artillerie). A well preserved Model 1892 artillerymans short sword, measuring 64. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 47 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. A wide fuller runs the majority of the length of each side of the blade. The makers mark of a Solingen based manufacturer is visible on the obverse of the