Original Imperial German WWI Model 1889 Prussian Infantry Officer Dress Sword with Scabbard Untouched Antique Guns ADSEC units included field hospitals

ADSEC units included field hospitals that lay near the rear areas of the advancing Armies

The thick walled brass barrel measures 8 1/2" and is about

A later change in the suspenders was the use of nylon for the underneath padding of the suspender body

They manufactured HJ knives during WWII

where the name of the owner is written:

Original Imperial German WWI Model 1889 Prussian Infantry Officer Dress Sword with Scabbard Untouched Antique Guns ADSEC units included field hospitalsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice Imperial German Model 1889 Infantry Officer sword and scabbard, as used up until the end of WWI. The hilt is a gilded brass basket guard with the Imperial German eagle of Kaiser Wilhelm II on the top. The grip is brass wire bound over sharkskin shagreen with a brass cypher of the Kaiser in the center. The sharkskin is still mostly intact, with some wear on the raised portions. This model of sword