Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Sword, By Paul Seilheimer GTRexclude reverse inscribed “Der Oberbürgermeister der

reverse inscribed “Der Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Stuttgart/Ortsgruppe Stuttgart des DLV” with the Stuttgart horse coat of arms above

he joined the Luftwaffe as a flak gunner with the 96th division in Dortmund in January 1942

and on the right

and are pinned with a silvered zink Heer-style Totenkopf

5 mm x 45 mm with a slider on its reverse

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Sword, By Paul Seilheimer GTRexclude reverse inscribed “Der Oberbürgermeister der(Heer Schwert fr Offiziere). A very well preserved Heer Officers dress sword, measuring 91. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 75 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a slight curvature, sharpened tip, and with a fuller running approximately two thirds of the top edge of each side of the blade. The sword is maker marked on the reverse ricasso PAUL SEILHEIMER, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms monogram