Original German WWII Army Heer Officer's Lion Head Sword by Clemen & Jung with Steel Scabbard & Troddel Knot Russian/Soviet Militaria The supports for the "cannon"

The supports for the "cannon" are also a bit loose and wobbly

Here several officers rejoined the regiment from various army schools and new officers joined the regiment

but this was common with the “locally made” examples or with war time examples that had to be made at a rapid rate to outfit militias and the Continental Army

From 1966 the SAAF was involved in providing infantry support in a low intensity war ("The Border War") in Angola

Heavy Stamped steel two-piece (wrap around) hilt with split muzzle ring

Original German WWII Army Heer Officer's Lion Head Sword by Clemen & Jung with Steel Scabbard & Troddel Knot Russian/Soviet Militaria The supports for the "cannon"Original Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely 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. We cannot tell if there is some type of plating between the gilding and the aluminum, or