Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Sabre certificate_of_authenticity Many photos illustrate the destructiveness

Many photos illustrate the destructiveness of the First World War: the wreckage of an aircraft with a notation that the Chief Petty Officer plunged into a lake to rescue the crew

and a rounded catch

accompanied by a section of ribbon

named to “OBERGEFREITER HORST HENNING” of IX

Footnote: “Thing” is an antique Germanic word meaning an assembly or gathering of free men

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Sabre certificate_of_authenticity Many photos illustrate the destructiveness(Heer Offizierssbel). An exceptionally well preserved Heer Officers sabre, measuring 98 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 85 cm long, nickel plated, curved magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and a fuller running approximately two thirds of the length of each side. The blade is unmarked and sits securely within a gilded brass hilt complete with a hand guard, and with an intact black leather buffer pad covering