WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN EM/NCO SWORD by EICKHORN

(Säbel) Roughly 79cm or 31" long, slightly curved, drop forged steel construction, nickel/silver plated blade with narrow, shallow fullers running three quarters of the way up both sides of the blade. The blade is in overall very good condition and is still quite clean and bright with minor surface scratching and spotting. The saber has brass langets, cross guard, ferrule, "P", knuckle bow, back-strap and "dove" pommel. The saber has a molded black Bakelite grip with a central bulge, and repeating, recessed horizontal grooves with dual twisted silver wire wrap flanked at both the top and bottom edges by a single, fine silver wire wrap. The blade is maker marked for Carl Eickhorn (1906-1921). The saber comes with its original, black painted, sheet metal construction scabbard. The scabbard has an integral drag to the bottom edge and a sweated on horizontal scabbard band near the top edge with a raised rectangular suspension bar to the reverse and a suspension ring to the reverse edge. Both of the small, dome headed throat retaining screws are intact. To the top of the scabbard it is serial numbered 6925 and on the obverse it is marked C. E./G