Germany, Weimar Republic. A Reichswehr Nco’s Sabre, By Ernst Pack & Söhne Archive inscribed "KRIEGS / FÜRSORGE /1914

inscribed "KRIEGS / FÜRSORGE /1914 / 1915" and engraver marked "HARTIG" (Arnold Hartig) at the bottom of the cross

It is named after King Olav II

7 mm with horizontal pinback and 28 mm x 29 mm with intact lugs respectively

Instituted on 1 May 1937

He suffered gunshot wounds to the right ankle and left leg in the field in the French theatre on March 8

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Reichswehr Nco’s Sabre, By Ernst Pack & Söhne Archive inscribed "KRIEGS / FÜRSORGE /1914(Reichswehr Sbel fr Unterfhrer). A well preserved Reichswehr NCOs sabre, measuring 94 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 81 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a slight curvature, sharpened tip and lower edge, and with a fuller running approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the blade. It is unmarked with the exception of a makers mark on the obverse ricasso reading E. PACK & SHNE, SOLINGEN,