I agree with James... I would wait for a better one, these are not rare and actually easy to find. Just give it some time...
But of course that's only my humble opinion...
Thanks for the reply's gents. So the chinscales and the cocardes are repro's,i already had a feeling about the cocardes...... I could wait indeed,but someone gave this one to me,so as the saying goes:a given horse............. It came from an attic together with this dagger.
Another unexpected extra...... And as i love imperial swords....this came from the same attic as the haube and the dagger. Bavarian NCO sword marked Bavarian infantry.