Germany, Wehrmacht. A Officer’s Sword Hanger GTRexclude with a raised barrel hinge

with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch

and write to you the unhappy news

undated reverse

acid-etched imagery executed in exceptional detail

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Officer’s Sword Hanger GTRexclude with a raised barrel hinge(Wehrmacht birnenfrmiges Trageleder fr das Offiziersschwert). Constructed of an elongated brown leather strap, the top riveted into a loop for the accommodation of an aluminum ring, the obverse stitched with a functional magnetic metal spring clip, unmarked, measuring 5 cm (w) x 19. 5 cm (l), used across branches but intended for use with the Heer Officers sword, demonstrating minor material fatigue and surface oxidation to the leather and clip,