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[Grade] E [Item #] D287 [Description] 
WWI-WWII NCO Dove's Head Sword by Richard A. Herder of Solingen. The steel hilt retains 98% of the nickle plating with some minor wear from use. There's a 2cm crack in the black cellulose shell of the grip exposing the wooden chore below, but the 4 strand silver wire wrap is intact and undamaged. The blade still has a bright mirror finish with typical scratches from being pulled from the scabbard, but there's evidence of hammering 7 inches from the tip where it was slightly bent and reworked. The steel scabbard is straight and nearly dent free with one very shallow dimple 7 inches below the hanger. The black enamel paint is 90% intact with typical crazing from age and moderate wear from being carried.
Third Reich Depot, military collectables, World War II, Nazi Germany
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