Original German WWII Army Heer Officer's Lion Head Sword by Clemen & Jung with Steel Scabbard & Troddel Knot Chinese Militaria 32" smoothbore

32" smoothbore

Officials at Camp Lejeune investigated the area in search of an existing airfield for hosting aircraft in support of amphibious operations

and was used extensively by the Allied troops during the war

the blade features a wide forte

so the the majority of the markings have been worn away

Original German WWII Army Heer Officer's Lion Head Sword by Clemen & Jung with Steel Scabbard & Troddel Knot Chinese Militaria 32" smoothboreOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a beautiful classic Lionhead German WWII Army Officers sword, made by the somewhat rare firm of Clemen & Jung Waffenfabrik, of Solingen, Germany, complete with its original scabbard and a very nice leather and bullion troddel "sword knot". The hilt on this example is made from later war aluminum alloy, which was then gilt. W cannot tell if there is some type of plating between the gilding and the aluminum, or