Officer's sabre for the 2nd Dragoon Regiment "Adlerkopf", slightly curved blade, fullered on both sides in the first third, military fiscal stamp "W 71" and crowned acceptance mark "B" on the back of the blade, blade unmarked, brass knuckle-bow hilt with two one-third round knuckles, eagle head pommel (without glass eyes), grip scabbard with ray skin and intact simple wire wrapping, troop stamp "2.D.2.5" and acceptance marks on the bows, steel scabbard with two brass ring bands and movable suspension rings, matching-numbered troop stamp and crowned acceptance mark "S" on the obverse side, blade and scabbard slightly scarred, blade L: 87 cm, total L (with scabbard): 102.5 cm. Provenance: Werner Collection, Neunkirchen. Limit 270,-

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