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Very nice... and it has the early two ring scabbard too.

A super clear photo of Police President von Jagow in full uniform. I see he has his Berlin Police helmet with the circa 1898-1918 period honorific Bandeau with the "1848-1898" dates and motto on his lap. I notice he is wearing high mounted boots (covering the knee) along with his Mounted...

That is a nice Mecklenburg sword! These do not show up very often. These EM Faustriemen with a stem are hard to find as well.

Weimar Republic period Mounted Riot Police used these lances postwar. It was found to be a good tool to break up roving bands of Spartakists and Red Front strikers. Polearms are few and far between in collections today. The "1920" markings were not an issue date but a property stamp for the...

Hi Bryan, I am a new member here. I am learning more than I am able to give back. You are welcome for the info on the early Volkspolizei uniform. George

The Saxon Officer Portepee differs a bit depending upon the time period and the fact that since Officers bought their own kit there was often a difference in style between the Portepee makers. The one I showed above is a later post-war (WWI) Weimar Republic period example with a black cloth...

Excellent research Sandmann. I never guessed such an organization, much less a helmet, existed. A unique Pickelhaube to be sure.

A neat helmet indeed. The East Germans also tried to utilize this kind of vulkanfiber Feuerwehr helmet after 1945. Here is an example of an early DDR period FW vulkanfiber helmet made by veb Perfekt. Ludwig Baer discusses these FW helmets in the "Helmets of the German Fire Brigades" section...

Here are a couple of item of issue full size Mounted- or Officer-Swords from Saxony. The tombak sword was manufactured by Carl Eickhorn for the Saxon Land Gendarmerie (Rural Police) and is shown as such in the "WKC Waffenfabrik Catalog" as their #198 Sachsen Polizei-Sabel. It has the typical...

Gentlemen, I have an earlier mounted Prussian Land Gendarmerie saber that I thought I would share. It is an interesting example of one of the several swords worn by the Prussian Gendarmerie (Rural Police) over time. Ingo Lohken in his "Die Polizei-Uniformen in Preussen 1866-1945" lists the...

I don't think this is a Police helmet. Perhaps a uniformed veteran association? This is what the wording seems to indicate. Other members who are far smarter than I will hopefully chime in.

Here is another of these S.f.B. item of issue Mounted Police swords. This one was made by Alexander Coppel in 1905 and has Prussian inspection markings on the spine of the wide bright finished blade. It also has "1920" Weimar Republic Government property markings on the obverse of the bright...

Thanks for the quick reply Bob. While my main interest is in Polizei edged weapons I have collected various mounted unit variation short- & long-swords over the years and I also collect the sword knots for these swords as well. I just started a thread on Enlisted Man (EM) Mounted Police...

Gents, Since I posted my Christmas sword for an officer of the Mounted Police of Aachen I thought I would post an example of the item of issue sword for the Mounted Police of Germany. The Polizei nomenclature for this sword was "Sabel fur Berittene (S.f.B.)" or sword for mounted policemen. The...

cptbob, I see that you like German swords and edged weapons too. I particularly liked your threads on sword knots. I have some interesting Polizei variations of the standard Imperial German Army regulation swords that I can post if these might be of interest to you. For instance, Prussian...

Here is a example of a 1933 Christmas gift in the form of a German Mounted Police Sword. The sword is a Plain-Jane P guard sword made by WKC in 1933. The unadorned polished P guard brass hilt saber was regulation for horse mounted Polizei Offizere and this is how the sword presents. The item...

A good way of ensuring that you get the gift that you want. You also saved Santa a stop on his busy night. Congratulations!

Thank you gentlemen. I have several of these Kinder Sabels and I find them interesting. There is such a wide variety of these depending upon who made them. More "tinny" if made by a toy maker to more "heavy" and detailed if made by an edged weapon maker. The same seems to apply to miniature...

A very nice display that makes good use of an underused space. Good idea!

I thought I would show a very nice Austrian Kinder Sable (Children's Sword) outfit that I picked up at a local militaria show a couple of years ago. This kid sized sword is 21" overall in the scabbard and has all the accouterments with the sword. These little swords were made as kid toys but...