Original German WWII Early Luftwaffe Officer Sword by SMF with Nickel Plated Blade & Scabbard MP 40 when military achievement and artistic

when military achievement and artistic excellence became inseparable expressions of royal and aristocratic power

The cap is lined with gray fabric and still retains the celluloid sweat shield on the top

This is an excellent condition red-painted

used by the Luftschutz and then by the Civic Police

10 August 1943

Original German WWII Early Luftwaffe Officer Sword by SMF with Nickel Plated Blade & Scabbard MP 40 when military achievement and artisticOriginal Items: Only One Available. This is a very nice and very early example of a German WWII Luftwaffe Officer's Sword from the famous maker SMF. Early examples such as this were fit with silver plated nickel alloy mountings, with lovely brass "Sunwheel" style Hankenkreuz (Hook Cross or Swas) emblems. Later they would move to the "Air Age" aluminum material, which didn't develop the lovely patina that this sword has. The blade of this example