Description
RZM M7/36 (E. u. F. Höster) TM. Nickel-plated hilt fittings show light surface speckling with some minor lifting adjacent to grip on both obverse and reverse of upper and lower crossguards. Reddish brown, fine grain wooden grip is perfect with no cracks or chips and with superb grip-to-crossguard fit. Grip is complete with copper grip eagle and SA insert properly inset. Polished blade grades EX+ showing light surface wear/runner marks with minor gray speckling primarily to obverse, but no nicks to cutting edges. Deeply etched motto retains much of the light gray background frosting with some speckling to “Alles” in motto. Dent-free steel scabbard retains approximately 98% of the original chocolate brown factory enamel with minor crazing to the obverse/reverse shell. Nickel-plated scabbard fittings show only light surface wear, but no lifting nor damage to the lower ball or to the scabbard screws. Brown leather hanger grades EX++ showing minor wear to unmarked leather and unmarked marked nickel-plated clip. Nice RZM marked Hörster example. EX+/EX++.
