The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Imperial German Artillery Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a stirrup type nickel plated guard with langets and a curved backstrap. Attached to the guard is a brown leather sword knot with a green (faded to gold) tassel. The grip is black plastic over wood. The blade is etched for two thirds of the length on both sides with a floral design and on the right side in a centre panel is 3.Ober-Gls.Feldart.Reg.No80. The ricasso is stamped with a squirrel trade mark over CE. The black painted scabbard has a fixed belt ring attached to a band 80 mm from the throat and a drag shoe on the chape.
This sword would have been presented to an officer of the 3rd Ober-Elsassisches 80th Field Artillery Regiment formed at Colmar/Neubreisach in 1912 which was part of the XV Armee Korps.
Imperial German Artillery Officer's sword and scabbard. The gilt nickel steel hilt is a P stirrup type with a lions head backstrap pommel and has crossed cannon on the langet. The grips are black bake
Imperial German Officer's sword and scabbard. The silver plated steel hilt has a D shape stirrup guard with a heraldic shield surmounted by a fire helmet on the langets. The back strap has a leaf patt
German Third Reich Army Officer's dress sword and scabbard. The hilt is a chrome plated single bar stirrup type with langets over the ricasso and backstrap with ears pinned to the black plastic wire b
German Artillery sword and scabbard. The hilt is a steel stirrup type with langets on the crossguard and a rounded backstrap. The crossguard is stamped 10.A.F.5.43. The grips are black leather over wo
Imperial German Artillery Officer's sword and scabbard. The brass hilt has a single bar stirrup type guard having a heavily chiselled design of a knights helmet with crossed cannon on the front langet
German Third Reich Non Commissioned Officer's dress sword and scabbard. The hilt is a chrome plated single bar stirrup type with langets over the ricasso and backstrap with ears pinned to the black pl
