Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Sabre, Lion’s Head Version, by E. & F. Hörster Newly Listed 1939 when Schuster became the

1939 when Schuster became the Assistant Head of the Reich Postal Ministry (Ministerialrat im Reichspostministerium)

measuring 63 mm (w) x 60 mm (h)

less then 5 known

silvered with blue enameled lettering

Issued in 1967-70

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Sabre, Lion’s Head Version, by E. & F. Hörster Newly Listed 1939 when Schuster became the(Heer Sbel fr Offiziere mit Lwenkopf). A very well preserved Heer Officers dress parade sabre, measuring 105 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 82. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a gentle curvature and which retains factory original sharpening to the tip. A wide fuller runs the majority of the length of the upper edge of each side of the blade. The obverse ricasso bears a makers mark of E. U. F.