Description
Stamped knight’s helmet above WKC TM. An illustration of this pattern police sword appears in the WKC- WAFFENFABRIK sales catalog as Nr. 1063 Polizei-Führer-Degen. Under provisions of the Decree of 17 June 1936 Reichsführer-SS, Heinrich Himmler assumed full power over the entire German police organization and as such many members of the police held dual membership in the Police and SS. This sword is an example of this dual membership policy. Nickel-plated hilt fittings show minor age/surface wear to the serrated pommel nut, upper/lower ferrules, D-pattern knuckle-bow and crossguard, but no major lifting or pitting. Black wooden grip shows surface wear and some loss of color to black finish but no cracks or chips and only minor wear to the silver-plate over copper. Police grip eagle properly pinned to the obverse. Polished, matte finish blade measuring 31 3/8” in length, grades EX+ showing light surface wear/runner marks, minor gray shadowing/speckling and a couple small nicks to cutting edge. Blade is complete with aged leather buffer pad. The reverse ricasso is stamped with inter-locking SS runes. Steel scabbard retains approximately 75% of the original black enamel showing minor surface wear/scratches with specks of missing paint on obverse/reverse. Nickel-plated upper scabbard fitting retains some of the factory darkening in the recesses of raised guilloche design. The scabbard throat is without SS markings and both retaining screws are present and undamaged.
