Original German WWII Early Luftwaffe Officer Sword by Paul Weyersberg with Waffen Mark - Nickel Plated Blade Category_Receiver Top Cover The leather of the scabbard

The leather of the scabbard has a wooden frame are is decorated with impressions

We used a lot of runway on take-off

which we did not do

Maintains its original Paint

he is mentioned numerous times in "A History of the 271st Anti Tank Company - 69th Infantry Division" which can be downloaded at this link

Original German WWII Early Luftwaffe Officer Sword by Paul Weyersberg with Waffen Mark - Nickel Plated Blade Category_Receiver Top Cover The leather of the scabbardOriginal Items: Only One Available. This is an excellent early example of a German WWII Luftwaffe Officer's Sword from a famous maker. Early examples such as this were fit with silver plated nickel alloy mountings, with lovely brass "Sunwheel" style Hankenkreuz (Hook Cross or Swas) emblems. Later they would move to the "Air Age" aluminum material, which didn't develop the lovely patina that this sword has. The blade of this example measures 28 1 4