Clean nickel-plated steel blade with the maker's mark of Carl Eickhorn, Solingen. Sabre model # 1706 "Scharnhorst".
Gold-plated brass handle fittings with a lion head as pommel. It has red inlaid glass eyes. The front langet bears the national eagle. Black celluloid grip with intact wire wrapping. Original black-finished steel scabbard. It has no dents but the scabbard ring attachment is slightly bent. The throat is loose because both screws are missing.
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