Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Sword, By F. & A. Helbig GTRexclude with loss of stay

with loss of stay

37 mm long pin

arriving in France on the 19th

119 other ranks

the obverse with a central medallion bearing a raised Saxon coat of arms

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Sword, By F. & A. Helbig GTRexclude with loss of stay(Luftwaffe Offiziers Schwert). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers sword, measuring 98 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 78 mm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges. A fuller runs approximately one third of the length of each side of the blade. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of F. & A. HELBIG, STEINBACH, circumscribing the firms GAEGLER trade name. It sits securely within an