Original Imperial German WWI Kaiserliche Marine Navy Lion Head Sword Hilt Candlesticks - Set of Two New Items but the German made all

but the German made all steel circular Ersatz socket Scabbard is exceptionally difficult to find

Note: We noticed after photography that the blade was installed backwards

the stiffness of the leather means that the front flap takes a good amount of force to lift

Employing it effectively required less training than that required to master a rapier or small sword

In March 1935 the earlier

Original Imperial German WWI Kaiserliche Marine Navy Lion Head Sword Hilt Candlesticks - Set of Two New Items but the German made allOriginal Items: One Set of Two Available. This is a really nice set of Imperial German WWI Kaiserliche Marine Style Navy Candlesticks, which look to be made from the hilts of two "Lion's Head" officer swords. These equally could be from the interwar Reichsmarine or even the early Kriegsmarine, however we did not see any NSDAP symbols on them whatsoever. It would however make sense that old and or damaged officer swords would be used like this to make