The article is taken from the Book Collecting Edged Weapons of the Third Reich. Volume II, 88 p. Thomas M. Johnson
Die Klinge – May, 1940, p. 122 Weapons of Honor for Diplomats.
Left: Sword for diplomats. The blade of this sword has an oval shape, nickel-plated, engraved. From the middle of the blade begins the share. On the reverse side of the blade is engraved the national emblem (eagle / swastika). The sheath is covered with natural leather of black color and has two grooves on both sides. The device, consisting of two elements, is made of blued (oxidized) silver, the metal base of the sheath is made of "German silver". The mouth of the scabbard with a pin in the form of an oak leaf. Ephesus is made of "German silver".
Handle with mother-of-pearl cheeks, mouth with four grooves. Protection of the hand is provided by a vertical arch of the guard and a cross in the form of a national emblem. The eagle's head is turned to the right.* The head is made in the form of an eagle's head. The flast (gasket) is made of black leather. In the center: a cortex for diplomats. Mirror polished blade, polished on a wooden disc covered with leather. The scabbard of blued (oxidized) silver is stylized with stucco ornament, and on the sides there are grooves. Two nuts with patterns in the form of oak leaves have ears and rings for suspension. Ephesus is cast from "German silver". Cross with the image of an eagle, whose head is turned to the left. The cheeks of the handle imitate mother-of-pearl. The head is made in the form of an eagle's head. The skin flare is brown. Right: The ceremonial bayonet-knife of diplomats. Nickel-plated, polished blade in the style of a hunting cortex with biconcave surfaces with a cone-shaped tip. There are two grooves on the front and back of the scabbard. Nickel-plated steel scabbard device consists of two elements. The white cheeks of the handle mimic ivory. The device scabbard and ephesus are nickel-plated. A fluff of brown leather. Alexander Koppel, a factory of steel products and cold steel weapons. Photo: Hans Eggen and Mr. Max Stopfgeschoff
*Author's note: A collector/researcher should point out that this article from a genuine source (May, 1940) does not correspond to the theory that the heads of eagles on the cortex of the diplomatic corps and the cortices of the state officials of the German diplomatic corps were accidentally depicted inverted in the Eickhorn Kundendienst catalog.
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The article is taken from the Book Collecting Edged Weapons of the Third Reich. Volume II, 88 p. Thomas M. Johnson
Die Klinge – May, 1940, p. 122 Weapons of Honor for Diplomats.
Left: Sword for diplomats. The blade of this sword has an oval shape, nickel-plated, engraved. From the middle of the blade begins the share.
On the reverse side of the blade is engraved the national emblem (eagle / swastika). The sheath is covered with natural leather of black color and has two grooves on both sides. The device, consisting of two elements, is made of blued (oxidized) silver, the metal base of the sheath is made of "German silver". The mouth of the scabbard with a pin in the form of an oak leaf. Ephesus is made of "German silver".
Handle with mother-of-pearl cheeks, mouth with four grooves. Protection of the hand is provided by a vertical arch of the guard and a cross in the form of a national emblem. The eagle's head is turned to the right.* The head is made in the form of an eagle's head. The flast (gasket) is made of black leather.
In the center: a cortex for diplomats. Mirror polished blade, polished on a wooden disc covered with leather. The scabbard of blued (oxidized) silver is stylized with stucco ornament, and on the sides there are grooves. Two nuts with patterns in the form of oak leaves have ears and rings for suspension. Ephesus is cast from "German silver". Cross with the image of an eagle, whose head is turned to the left. The cheeks of the handle imitate mother-of-pearl. The head is made in the form of an eagle's head. The skin flare is brown.
Right: The ceremonial bayonet-knife of diplomats. Nickel-plated, polished blade in the style of a hunting cortex with biconcave surfaces with a cone-shaped tip. There are two grooves on the front and back of the scabbard. Nickel-plated steel scabbard device consists of two elements.
The white cheeks of the handle mimic ivory. The device scabbard and ephesus are nickel-plated. A fluff of brown leather.
Alexander Koppel, a factory of steel products and cold steel weapons.
Photo: Hans Eggen and Mr. Max Stopfgeschoff
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