Original Imperial German WWI Etched Artillery Officer's Sword with Scabbard by Mohr & Speyer, Berlin DVD with a nice aged blue

with a nice aged blue finish showing just a bit of peppering on one area of the barrel

and may be a period replacement

Total German losses were estimated at 30

The gun bears the E / L G / * in an oval marking on the frame

Original Imperial German WWI Etched Artillery Officer's Sword with Scabbard by Mohr & Speyer, Berlin DVD with a nice aged blueOriginal item: Only One Available. Just received out of long long storage! Despite the machine guns and artillery, swords were still issued to officers in WWI. This is a fine example of the German Artillery Officer's Sword, commonly referred to as the "Blcher Sabel," named for the Prussian Commander Gebhard Leberecht von Blcher, who was ally to the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This example looks to have been "dressed up", most