Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Sword, by SMF Solingen Archive Dibujante)

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Footnote: August Widenmann was born in 1865 in Biberach (southwest Germany)

water-repellent canvas material

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Sword, by SMF Solingen Archive Dibujante)(Luftwaffe Schwert fr Offiziere). An early Luftwaffe Officers sword, measuring 93 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 71. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade. A fuller runs approximately half of the length of each side of the blade. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of SMF SOLINGEN and the firms classic seated logo, in turn topped by a partially visible Luftwaffe acceptance stamp. The blade sits partially