Germany, Imperial. A Heer Officer’s Sabre

(Heer Säbel für Offizier). A well-preserved Heer Officer’s sabre, measuring 92.5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 79 mm-long, nickel-plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge, a fuller running approximately two-thirds of the length of each side, and double-sided acid-etched designs on the upper half. The spine bears a distributor mark of “MOHR & SPEYER KGL. HOFLIEFERANTEN, BERLIN”. It sits securely within a multi-piece bronze hilt with a hand guard and intact black leather buffer pad covering the seam. The handle grip is composed of a ribbed wooden core with a rayskin exterior liner, and with the ribbing retaining an original twisted and rolled bronze wire cord. It is accompanied by its original scabbard, constructed of a polished magnetic metal shaft. The upper third of the shaft has two integral bands with loops for the accommodation of a hanger. Clipped to the upper loop is a brown leather hanger, stitched into a loop for uniform suspension. Issues consistent with age and wear are evident, and include tarnishing of the blade and hilt, wear of the handle grip, tarnishing and surface oxidation of the scabbard, and the loss of the scabbard’s throat clip, the latter rendering the sword loose during storage. It remains in a very fine condition.