Original Imperial German M1871 Garde du Corps Oberjäger Hirschfänger Short Sword with Scabbard by Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie British Edged Weapons This Bowie example was produced

This Bowie example was produced by “Western USA” and is believed to be the later 3rd model of this knife

The first option

Photographs are about evenly divided between people and planes

the trapdoor Springfields were created to convert Model 1863 Springfield rifled muskets to breech-loading rifles at a relatively low cost

Overall length: 29 5/8“

Original Imperial German M1871 Garde du Corps Oberjäger Hirschfänger Short Sword with Scabbard by Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie British Edged Weapons This Bowie example was producedOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Gardes du Corps (Regiment der Gardes du Corps) was the personal bodyguard of the king of Prussia and, after 1871, of the German Emperor (in German, the Kaiser). The unit was founded in 1740 by Frederick the Great, and initially, the Regiment was used in part as a training unit for officers as part of a program of expansion of the cavalry. Early officers included the rake and memoirist Friedrich von der Trenck,