Germany, Third Reich. An Officer’s Sword, 1933-1945 Auction Archive accompanied by very well-preserved full-length

accompanied by very well-preserved full-length sash with bow at ends

Mertsch won the German Cross in Gold in September 1943 and would go on to be the artillery commander of  XIII SS-Armeekorps and finished the war commanding a Kampfgruppe in Czechoslovakia

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constructed of dark green wool with a buckram cored and topped by dua machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia

Although his Obituary in the Toronto Star of October 19

Germany, Third Reich. An Officer’s Sword, 1933-1945 Auction Archive accompanied by very well-preserved full-lengthThe sword measures at 91 cm in total length, with a solid silver blade measuring 2 cm wide and has no engravings along the blade. The hilt is in brass and features a pommel in the shape of a lion head which transitions into a floral relief pattern. The lion head features glass cut rubies for eyes. The German Imperial Eagle is depicted alongside the bottom on the hilt. The scabbard is in all black, with a silver clip affixed to it. There is minor