This is a fine sword made by the renowned firm Carl Eickhorn of Solingen, the legendary "City of Blades" in western Germany, and bears the ORIGINAL EICKHORN 1935-1941 pattern Squirrel logo etched into the blade near the hilt. The 26" blade still has its high quality mirror finish nickel plating on most of the blade. There are no chips or nicks in the edge on the blade, and only runner wear and some small areas of plate lifting prevent this blade from being mint. Truly an excellent example of an early WWII production blade from a legendary maker. The fittings of this sword have not been cleaned since the war and have a complete black patination throughout the silver plated surfaces. The pommel still has good, crisp edges and the oak leaves on the sides are in excellent condition, The cross guard arms are the downward sloping type being in three tiers and carved with lines to simulate feathering. These quillon arms still have good, crisp edges.
The grip is a fine blue Moroccan leather covered carved wood base. This leather is in good condition throughout and still has its original graining in the surfaces. The grip is wrapped with silver plated coiled wire. The leather-covered metal scabbard of this example is also straight throughout. The scabbard is equipped with upper and lower matching darkly patinated mounts. These mounts are in fine condition and are retained by headless, flush mount screws which are all in place. The original matching leather crescent hanger is also in place.
An excellent Luftwaffe sword by a legendary maker, that has passed the test of time with flying colors.