Original Imperial German WWI Triple Etched Duchy of Brunswick Officers Dress Sword with Scabbard NATION to front line positions near

to front line positions near the German town of Höfen a few kilometers west of the Siegfried Line and near the Belgium-German border

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Original Imperial German WWI Triple Etched Duchy of Brunswick Officers Dress Sword with Scabbard NATION to front line positions nearOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of an Imperial German Officers dress sword, with a lovely "Triple Etched" nickel plated steel blade. Markings on the blade indicate that it was owned by an officer from the Herzogtum Braunschweig (Duchy of Brunswick), one of the component states of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. The different states still had some level of independence even then, so the swords they used often