De-Luxe Artillery Officer Sword

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Gents,

 

I thought I would show a German Artillery Officer sword made by WK&C with a pipe back fire gilt and blue blade. The bright steel blade incorporates "Stahlhauer" (Steel Cutter) in the gilt etching on the obverse. The spine of the blade is etched with the retailer "F. Noe & Schulze, Coblenz" in the gilt area. The brass P guard hilt has crossed cannons on the obverse langet and a full lion head pommel with red stone eyes. The end of the guard has another fully realized lion head motif as well. The langets, guard, and backstrap are all extensively pierced with heavy ornamentation. The bottom of the guard is stamped "GeschGeschutz / Muster" as a registered proprietary design of WK&C. The iron scabbard is nickel plated and has two brass suspension bands. The lower ring has been removed in order to update the sword after circa 1910 to the new single strap suspension system. The scabbard also shows the remains of black paint that once covered the nickel to update the sword to the new scabbard regulations.

This outstanding deluxe sword shows its evolution from an early Artillery Officer sword to a sword that continued to be worn by an Imperial Artillery Officer well after a regulation change.