Germany, Imperial. An Artillery Officer’s Lion Head Sword consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac smarting from the last luckless

smarting from the last luckless sixth patrol

War Medal 1939-1945 (VX25245 R

surrounded by the inscription "HENSCHEL FLUGZEUG-WERKE AG / 30 MARZ"

Page 37: In Oct 1939 he was promoted to Oberschütze (senior rifleman)

Germany, Imperial. An Artillery Officer’s Lion Head Sword consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac smarting from the last luckless(Artillerie Sbel fr Offiziere mit Lwenkopf). A well preserved Heer (Army) Officers lion head sword, measuring 96 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 79 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and gentle curvature. A wide fuller encompasses the majority of the length of each side. Acid etched onto approximately two thirds of both the obverse and reverse are images consisting of arabesque