Original German WWI Bavarian Infantry NCO Etched Dove’s Head Sword with Nickel-Plated Blade and Scabbard by Carl Eickhorn Disallow PayPal & Amazon Checkout and the factory darkening is

and the factory darkening is just a bit worn

The panzer divisions were the key element of German success in the Blitzkrieg operations of the early years of the war

There is a small crack in the eyepiece

This details the RAD Reich Labor Service

the evocative “Einigkeit Macht Stark” motto

Original German WWI Bavarian Infantry NCO Etched Dove’s Head Sword with Nickel-Plated Blade and Scabbard by Carl Eickhorn Disallow PayPal & Amazon Checkout and the factory darkening isOriginal Item: Only One Available. With the establishment of the German Empire, a series of conventions brought the bulk of the various state military forces directly under the administration of the Prussian War Ministry. Bavaria however maintained a degree of autonomy in peacetime, with its own two (later three) army corps remaining outside the Prussian order of battle. The Bavarian infantry and cavalry regiments retained their historic light blue