Description
Seated king over SMF Solingen TM. Uncleaned nickel-silver hilt fittings show light surface wear/age patina with light wear to the lacquered brass pommel and crossguard swastikas, no loss of plating to background silvering and no damage to the well-detailed crossguard feathering. Blue leather grip shows minor wear and a few nips to leather, but no major rips or tears and is complete with double-twisted wire-wrap. Plated, non Waffen-Amt stamped blade measuring 26 ¼” in length, and complete with blue leather buffer pad, grades EX+/EX++ showing surface wear/runner marks where runners have rested against the lower flats of the blade, but no lifting/pitting, nicks to cutting edges or damage to the blade tip. Dent-free, blue leather-covered scabbard shell shows some minor age to leather with a few minor nips/depressions to leather, but no major rips or tears. The nickel-silver upper and lower scabbard fittings show minor wear/age speckling with a faint depression to the reverse lower fitting, but no damage to the four headless retaining screws. The integral, blue leather hanger grading EX+ shows minor wear to edges, but no rips, tears or damage to the stitching. EX+