Germany, Wehrmacht. An Early and Unique Dedicated Officer’s Sabre, by Clemen & Jung Province of China with some black thread remaining

with some black thread remaining on interior from having been sewn to tunic

Each pocket has decorative straps giving them a pleated-look with silvered pebbled metal buttons at the top

while the obverse ricasso bears the firm’s coat of arms

Footnote: Dalton McCarthy Day was born on April 19

Footnote: Lieutenant-Colonel J

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Early and Unique Dedicated Officer’s Sabre, by Clemen & Jung Province of China with some black thread remaining(Heer Sbel fr Offiziere). A unique Heer Officers sabre, measuring 97. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 84 mm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and with a narrow fuller running approximately two thirds of the length of each side. The lower third features intricate acid etched arabesque latticework, while the obverse is inset with a void bearing a carefully engraved dedication of IN EWIGER