Original German WWII Monogrammed Officer's Lion Head Sword by Gottfried Weyersberg Söhne KG with Scabbard French Edged Weapons or as a simple means

or as a simple means of identification

The light brown leather sweatband is perfect and has numerous stampings on the underside that read:

The D558 program was conceived as a joint NACA/U

which found him in the middle of war planning in Washington

all complete except for the front sight blade

Original German WWII Monogrammed Officer's Lion Head Sword by Gottfried Weyersberg Söhne KG with Scabbard French Edged Weapons or as a simple meansOriginal Item: This is a beautiful classic Lionhead German WWII Officer sword, made by the rarely seen firm of Gottfried Weyersberg Shne KG in Solingen, Germany, complete with the correct steel scabbard. This example is from later in the war, with a hilt made from gilt aluminum, not the early war solid brass. It consists of a finely detailed "lion's head" pommel, with hand rendered features to the bottom of the jaw, the whiskers, the eyelids, and the