cptbob
Well-known member
Hello all,
I picked up this Lion head officer's sword on ebay a couple of months ago. It is identical to a sword that Weitze has listed (though mine has no scabbard and is in much worse shape and cost a small fraction of the price). Their photos are much better than mine.
https://www.weitze.com/militaria/28/Braunschweig_Kavallerie_Loewenkopfsaebel_fuer_Offiziere_im_Braunschweigischen_Husaren_Regiment_Nr_17__296128.html
The sword has the leaping horse of Hannover on one of the langets and the spine has "Carl Lippold, Braunschweig". Weitze speculates that since this is a cavalry officer's sword and is from Braunschweig that it is likely from a 17th Hussar officer. It certainly sounds plausible to me, but I wanted to see if anyone knows of any other Braunschweiger units that may have carried a sword like this. Cheers!
I picked up this Lion head officer's sword on ebay a couple of months ago. It is identical to a sword that Weitze has listed (though mine has no scabbard and is in much worse shape and cost a small fraction of the price). Their photos are much better than mine.
https://www.weitze.com/militaria/28/Braunschweig_Kavallerie_Loewenkopfsaebel_fuer_Offiziere_im_Braunschweigischen_Husaren_Regiment_Nr_17__296128.html
The sword has the leaping horse of Hannover on one of the langets and the spine has "Carl Lippold, Braunschweig". Weitze speculates that since this is a cavalry officer's sword and is from Braunschweig that it is likely from a 17th Hussar officer. It certainly sounds plausible to me, but I wanted to see if anyone knows of any other Braunschweiger units that may have carried a sword like this. Cheers!
