SARGE Posted January 22, 2019 Share #1 Posted January 22, 2019 Gents, This is an Austrian Jaeger (Mountain Troops) Officer short sword. It has a plain blued steel scabbard and is worn in a frog. The shape of the guard is like that of the Austrian Infantry Officer sword but this sword has a short straight blade instead of the curved blade found on the Infantry Officer sword. The guard has a cutout Imperial Austro-Hungarian eagle and the "K" initial of Emperor Karl. This dates this sword to the latter part of World War I after the death of Emperor Franz Joseph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 23, 2019 Share #2 Posted January 23, 2019 Gorgeous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Rambow Posted January 23, 2019 Share #3 Posted January 23, 2019 That's a neat example! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRA227 Posted January 23, 2019 Share #4 Posted January 23, 2019 Nice sword. Rich A. in Pa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted January 24, 2019 Thanks for the feedback guys. I am told by collectors in Austria that these are quite scarce there. Particularly with the hand worked cutout guards like this. I suppose that GIs carried most of them off or had the destroyed during occupation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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