RON
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Again with the knots!!
I bought the below knot thinking it's for a Wehrmacht Heer Officer Sword.
I have however recently noticed very similar knots on militaria sites being advertised as WW1 Imperial Off. Portepees...
Can someone help me see the difference if any?
Is it about leather color (black for Reichsheer/WW1; feldgrau for Wehrmacht/WW2)?
Mine looks rather dark green than black, but again such colors come very close on old rotting leather...
Any clues?
And here's a picture of a Prussian Imperial M89 Officer sword with a very similar portepee only the leather has lost most of its coloring and silver wire thread--leaving only 3 empty pierced stripes--which makes it hard to tell:

I bought the below knot thinking it's for a Wehrmacht Heer Officer Sword.
I have however recently noticed very similar knots on militaria sites being advertised as WW1 Imperial Off. Portepees...
Can someone help me see the difference if any?
Is it about leather color (black for Reichsheer/WW1; feldgrau for Wehrmacht/WW2)?
Mine looks rather dark green than black, but again such colors come very close on old rotting leather...
Any clues?




And here's a picture of a Prussian Imperial M89 Officer sword with a very similar portepee only the leather has lost most of its coloring and silver wire thread--leaving only 3 empty pierced stripes--which makes it hard to tell:
