Germany, Imperial. An Artillery Officer’s Lion Head Sword consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and reflected great credit upon

and reflected great credit upon himself

Major Biddle defused the bomb by cutting the wiring to the batteries and then removed the detonator

An American Civil War Pair to Loyall Farragut

constructed of maroon cotton on a white cotton twill base

typical War time example

Germany, Imperial. An Artillery Officer’s Lion Head Sword consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and reflected great credit upon(Artillerie Sbel fr Offiziere mit Lwenkopf). A well preserved Heer (Army) Officers lion head sword, measuring 96 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 79 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and gentle curvature. A wide fuller encompasses the majority of the length of each side. Acid etched onto approximately two thirds of both the obverse and reverse are images consisting of arabesque