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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 Carl Fischer manual, "Waffentechnischer Leitfaden fur die Ordnungspolizei" indicates the grip is Hartgummi (hard rubber) but they will be found made of wood as well. This particular sword has a hard rubber grip and was made by Simson Co. in 1915 and is Prussian marked and dated on the spine of the bright blade. The bright finished blade is also carefully sharpened per WWI wartime regulations as is often seen. The obverse guard is Weimar Republic Government property marked "1920" and the underside of the guard is Polizei property marked to the Polizeiwehr Bayern ("Pw.B."). The Bavarian Polizeiwehr was only in existence from late 1919 to 1922 when it was broken up by the Allied occupation authorities for being too militarized. This sword was used by the mounted riot police and was only issued for a short period of time. This sword is a good example of the German method of reworking and re-issuing earlier serviceable edged weapons and other equipment. The markings indicate this sword was in service from 1915-1945.
A good example of the regulation enlisted version of the Mounted Police Saber as opposed to the lighter officer saber as seen in the Christmas sword.
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 Carl Fischer manual, "Waffentechnischer Leitfaden fur die Ordnungspolizei" indicates the grip is Hartgummi (hard rubber) but they will be found made of wood as well. This particular sword has a hard rubber grip and was made by Simson Co. in 1915 and is Prussian marked and dated on the spine of the bright blade. The bright finished blade is also carefully sharpened per WWI wartime regulations as is often seen. The obverse guard is Weimar Republic Government property marked "1920" and the underside of the guard is Polizei property marked to the Polizeiwehr Bayern ("Pw.B."). The Bavarian Polizeiwehr was only in existence from late 1919 to 1922 when it was broken up by the Allied occupation authorities for being too militarized. This sword was used by the mounted riot police and was only issued for a short period of time. This sword is a good example of the German method of reworking and re-issuing earlier serviceable edged weapons and other equipment. The markings indicate this sword was in service from 1915-1945.
A good example of the regulation enlisted version of the Mounted Police Saber as opposed to the lighter officer saber as seen in the Christmas sword.
A Christmas Sword
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...
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