Original German WWII SS Police Officer's Degen Dress Sword and Scabbard by Peter Daniel Krebs with SS-Kulturzeichen Markings nChannel The grip plates on the

The grip plates on the sword made from Nacre (Mother of Pearl) and comes with the original red and gilt sword knot

Her keel was laid down 5 April 1944

The first line denotes thousands and the second line denotes hundreds

The excellent blade on this example was hand forged

and the original black enamel finish retained at almost 100% It has a lovely pattern of checking and crazing in the finish

Original German WWII SS Police Officer's Degen Dress Sword and Scabbard by Peter Daniel Krebs with SS-Kulturzeichen Markings nChannel The grip plates on theOriginal Item: Only One Available. Under provisions of the decree of 17 June 1936 Reichsfhrer SS, Heinrich Himmler assumed full power over the entire German police organization and as such many members of the police held dual membership in the Police and SS. This sword is an example of this dual membership policy. This is a genuine vintage World War II German SS Police Officer's Degen (pe) Dress Sword, made by the well known Solingen based firm of