87 - Four edged weapons, lion head sabre, sword after infantry officer's sword 89, sabre, Solingen sword

Four edged weapons, lion head sabre, sword after infantry officer's sword 89, sabre, Solingen sword Metal, horn and wood. Four edged weapons with different hilts, all in condition commensurate with age, the blades partly pitted with rust. 1) Lion's head sabre, altered, strongly curved, wide blade, gold-coloured hilt with pommel in the form of a lion's head with mane, the eyes with colourless faceted inlays, knuckle guard starting below the mouth and with relief foliage on the outside, crossguard with animal-head terminal, shield-shaped langet with relief decoration, grained horn grip with small relief mount, gold-coloured backstrap and relief grip ferrule. L. 93 cm, blade length 80 cm. 2) Sword with replaced horn grip, assembled from parts, hilt after the pattern of the Prussian infantry officer's sword (IOD) 89, straight blade with two fullers, dark steel basket hilt with knuckle guard and two side bars, pierced, folding oval guard plate with crowned Prussian eagle with sceptre and sword, dark pommel cap with gold-coloured tang nut. L. 99 cm, blade length 84 cm. 3) Sabre with wooden grip, altered, curved blade, gold-coloured stirrup hilt with pommel cap and long riveted backstrap, knuckle guard led angularly to the crossguard and with relief on the outside, crossguard with leaf volute, two shield-shaped langets, one with two crossed cannon barrels between branches on a dark ground, the other with a plain shield in a leaf wreath. L. 91 cm, blade length 80 cm. 4) Sword with scabbard, probably NCO sword, straight blade tapering to a point with fuller, dark stirrup hilt with simple knuckle guard and small pommel cap, crossguard with roundly upturned end, black grip with circumferential grooves and grip ferrule, black scabbard with band, one suspension ring and drag, at the blade root an oval maker's mark with star, "F.W. HÖLLER" and "SOLINGEN". L. 96 cm, blade length 80 cm. The Prussian infantry officer's sword model 1889, IOD 89 for short, was the edged weapon of infantry officers in the German Empire; characteristic is the hilt with a folding guard plate, which on Prussian examples bears the crowned eagle. Sabres with a lion's head pommel were carried circa 1900 by Prussian officers of, among others, the artillery and, as an undress sabre, the cavalry. The Solingen arms factory F.W. Höller was active from 1866 to 1974 and produced swords, sabres, bayonets and officers' daggers.