Germany, Imperial. A Heer Officer’s Sabre United Republic of 1914 for local protection duties

1914 for local protection duties at the start of the First World War

It contains 24 Reichspfennig worth of postage

large bronze button positioned in the button hole at the neck end

and is flanked on each side by ventilation holes reinforced with zink grommets

measuring 46 mm (w) x 71 mm (h) inclusive of its Paulonia flowers and laterally-pierced ball suspension

Germany, Imperial. A Heer Officer’s Sabre United Republic of 1914 for local protection duties(Heer Sbel fr Offizier). A well preserved Heer Officers sabre, measuring 92. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 79 mm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge, a fuller running approximately two thirds of the length of each side, and double sided acid etched designs on the upper half. The spine bears a distributor mark of MOHR & SPEYER KGL. HOFLIEFERANTEN, BERLIN. It sits securely