Germany, Imperial. An Artillery Officer’s Lion Head Sword visually-hidden mobile swastika with wings emerging

mobile swastika with wings emerging from both sides

late 1930's period manufacture

stated that he was still looking for tanks which were to come up for his support and that without them

the reverse with a visible rivet securing the obverse bomb in place

overlaid by olive-drab splinters

Germany, Imperial. An Artillery Officer’s Lion Head Sword visually-hidden mobile swastika with wings emerging(Artillerie Sbel fr Offiziere mit Lwenkopf). A well preserved Heer (Army) Officers lion head sword, measuring 96 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 79 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and gentle curvature. A wide fuller encompasses the majority of the length of each side. Acid etched onto approximately two thirds of both the obverse and reverse are images consisting of arabesque