Original Imperial German WWI Model 1889 Prussian Infantry Officer Sword and Scabbard Mortars virtually and the date of

virtually and the date of 1916

James Irby

Abbasia is in fact the large Military Arsenal located in Cairo Egypt and was probably marked there as an inventory reference which confirms use in that theatre of WW1

the gun was closed and locked up and ready to be put back into service

Johnston had withdrawn his forces from Rocky Face Ridge to the hills around Resaca

Original Imperial German WWI Model 1889 Prussian Infantry Officer Sword and Scabbard Mortars virtually and the date ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful condition Imperial German Model 1889 Infantry Officer sword and scabbard. The hilt is a gilded brass D shape fold away guard with the Imperial German eagle of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The grip is brass wire bound over ray or sharkskin with a brass cypher of the Kaiser in the center. This model of sword would often have a leather fore finger loop on the inside of the guard, however this is now missing,