Germany, Slovakia. A Rare Hlinka Guard Officer’s Sword, By Walszlovits Newly Listed 1944 and rejoined the SAA

1944 and rejoined the SAA on the 19th

The armband is fabricated from a thin white cotton/rayon blend

"Deutsche Krieger-Fechtanstalt" (DKFA)

presenting minor oxidation on the edges and light contact on white enamels

72 mm (w) x 34

Germany, Slovakia. A Rare Hlinka Guard Officer’s Sword, By Walszlovits Newly Listed 1944 and rejoined the SAAA rare and extremely well preserved Hlinka Guard Officers sword, measuring 960 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 780 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a slight upward curvature, and with a single fuller running the length of each side. The blade presents plain with the exception of a partially legible acid etched makers mark on the reverse ricasso for the ts based firm of Wlaszlovits,with an illegible number