Germany, Heer. A Rare Model 21 Officer’s Sabre, by F.W. Höller Archive AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANCAISE

AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANCAISE

flanked by a highly detailed enameled black double-headed imperial eagle with a loop of chain holding on their beaks

dated February 9

160mm(w) x 90mm(h)

with three retaining oilcloth identity passes and the remainder notably retaining a black-and-white studio portrait of the bearer

Germany, Heer. A Rare Model 21 Officer’s Sabre, by F.W. Höller Archive AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANCAISE(Heer Offizierssbel Modell 21). A rare and very well preserved Model 21 Officers sabre, measuring 100. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 86 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip. A fuller runs approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the top edge. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of F. W. HLLER, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic