Germany, Ss. An Allgemeine Ss Officer’s Dress Sword, By Hermann Rath GTRexclude consisting of 1) Merit Cross

consisting of 1) Merit Cross For War Aid

a safe surrender leaflet for Bosnian Partisans

Black celluloid grip exhibits multiple contact marks and has experienced a crack on the same side as the SS runes exhibited on the ricasso

Footnote: Reginald Mashford was born on September 19

the insignia on a light maroon embroidered field

Germany, Ss. An Allgemeine Ss Officer’s Dress Sword, By Hermann Rath GTRexclude consisting of 1) Merit Cross(Schutzstaffel Degen fr Offiziere). A rare and very well preserved Allgemeine SS Officers dress sword, measuring 905 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 740 mm long polished magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and unsharpened edges. A fuller runs down the length of each side of the blade, which presents plain with the exception of a makers mark near the reverse ricasso of HERM. RATH, SOLINGEN for the firm of Hermann