Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Dress Sword, by Peter Daniel Krebs Hold engraved in running script "Ida

engraved in running script "Ida Tilghman Lowry Bispham

each of which has fold over flaps and are lined in dark gray rayon

3 mm rosette

wear and light soiling on the headband

wished for South Africa to establish its own air force and selected Colonel van Ryneveld for the job

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Dress Sword, by Peter Daniel Krebs Hold engraved in running script "Ida(Polizei Degen fr Fhrer). A very well preserved Ordnungspolizei Officers dress sword, measuring 96 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 79 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade retaining factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. A fuller runs approximately two thirds of the top edge of each side of the blade. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of PET. DAN. KREBS, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the