Original Imperial German WWI Model 1889 Prussian Infantry Officer Sword by Carl Eickhorn with Scabbard Antique Smith & Wessons three weeks after the major

three weeks after the major purge the SA suffered during the Night of the Long Knives

It contained about 200 grams of explosive charge (TNT) in a cylindrical stamped-metal can

Most interestingly on the left side of the wood butt

NCO Open Mess 67-68

as well as other examples found online

Original Imperial German WWI Model 1889 Prussian Infantry Officer Sword by Carl Eickhorn with Scabbard Antique Smith & Wessons three weeks after the majorOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice Imperial German Model 1889 Infantry Officer sword and scabbard, by the legendary Solingen based firm of Carl Eickhorn. The hilt is a gilded brass basket guard with the Imperial German eagle of Kaiser Wilhelm II on the top. The grip is brass wire bound over black celluloid with a brass cypher of the Kaiser in the center. The celluloid is still mostly intact, though the wire wrapping has become