Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Sword, By F. & A. Helbig GTRexclude The year before the Great

The year before the Great War broke out

and carries a facsimile of Chief of the Presidential Chancellery of the Führer and the Chancellor

with loss of stay

37 mm long pin

edged by light blue “Hell Blau” Waffenfarbe piping (moderately faded)

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Sword, By F. & A. Helbig GTRexclude The year before the Great(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