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Typically, these have gold-colored handles and curved blades, but they were available in silver. This one was made by WKC. The blade is not terribly fancy but the detail work in the handle and guard is impressive. Sold by a vendor in Hannover...maybe it was carried by an officer of the 13th...

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Did anyone happen to see how much the enlisted Uhlan fangschnur sold for on AOK this week? Thanks

It took over 2 weeks for me to get mine from the fall auction

Looks like HC Scheibler. 24 Dragoon Regiment

I’m in!

Nice!

Looks like fun. They have quite a collection. Love the Nashorn!

That’s a beauty!

Nice looking sword.

Fantastic! I love it!

Are there any markings on the 2 pieces? You may have the same issue I have, where the 2 pieces don't match. On mine, the front plate has Prussian stamps and the back plate has French

Yes, they are too short. This is because the back piece is from an older captured French model 1814 and the front is a Prussian model 1845. The placement of the studs to attach the straps was different for the 2 models. On the 1814 they were higher up so the straps were a bit shorter.

Congratulations!

Nice! I really like the way you display the swords with the torso mannequins.

Congratulations Jeff! That is a beauty!

This is from the book "Battle for the Bundu" by Charles Miller. It describes a relief mission to send supplies to the Konigsberg and the DOA Schutztruppe. It starts at the last paragraph of page 109. The merchant ship sent was crewed exclusively by sailors from South Jutland (page 110). The...

Maybe he was a crewman on the Konigsberg that fought as infantry with the schutztruppe after their ship was sunk in DOA. There were also some sailors from merchant vessels that served in the schutztruppe when they were stranded in DOA.

My copy from Amazon came today. Can’t wait to read it

Nice! You have enough for a basketball team!