United States. A Model 1852 Naval Officer’s Dress Sword Hold One Commemorative Cross bearing a

One Commemorative Cross bearing a bust of Franz Joseph I and the years 1848-1908

dated 22 September 1944

RITTERSTRAßE 12-15”

due to its ability to brighten when light is placed upon it

extending on both sides of the swastika are strips of fabric with oak leaves in golden bullion

United States. A Model 1852 Naval Officer’s Dress Sword Hold One Commemorative Cross bearing aA United States Navy Officers dress sword, measuring 90 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 74 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and with a fuller running approximately three quarters of the length of each side. Intricate acid etched designs are applied to both sides, with the obverse bearing a central oval flanked by arabesques (presumably for the addition of owner initials or monograms),