Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Sabre, Lion’s Head Version, by E. & F. Hörster consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (NSDAP Mantel für Hauptstellenleiter)

(NSDAP Mantel für Hauptstellenleiter)

It features a 240 mm-long curved magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge

named the airfield on Betio Island in Tarawa "Hawkins Field"

He was awarded the Iron Cross for bravery under fire and was later hospitalized for his injuries in Vienna

2 mm inclusive of suspension

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Sabre, Lion’s Head Version, by E. & F. Hörster consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (NSDAP Mantel für Hauptstellenleiter)(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.