Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Nco/Officer’s Sabre, By Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co. Hold In December of 1805

In December of 1805

After being promoted to CSM he took part in the Battle of Mount Sorrell where he was severely wounded in the left thigh by shrapnel

measuring 51 mm (w) x 38 mm (h)

61 mm x 62

He was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Street Cleaning in 1877 and was in that post for sixteen years

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Nco/Officer’s Sabre, By Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co. Hold In December of 1805(Kriegsmarine Sbel fr Offiziere und Unteroffiziere). A very well preserved Kriegsmarine NCO Officers sabre, measuring 895 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 755 mm long curved and polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened lower edge. It presents plain, with the exception of a makers mark near the reverse ricasso of WKC for Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co., Solingen, topped by the firms classic