Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Sabre, Lion’s Head Version, by Alcoso certificate_of_authenticity on whose courage and resource

on whose courage and resource Pilots place absolute reliance

obverse illustrating the coat-of-arms of the Town of San Fernando

and including the first authoritative listing of combat casualties to American air personnel in WWI

Eckener delayed crossing the coast at San Francisco's Golden Gate so as to come in near sunset for aesthetic effect

Crossed swords were added for wartime service after 1938

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Sabre, Lion’s Head Version, by Alcoso certificate_of_authenticity on whose courage and resource(Heer Sbel fr Offiziere mit Lwenkopf). A very well preserved Heer Officers dress parade sabre, measuring 101 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 87. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip. A wide fuller runs approximately two thirds of the length of the upper edge of each side of the blade. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ALCOSO, SOLINGEN, for the