An explanation? German Army senior NCO�s carried the same kind of sabers. The SS Ehrendegens are vintage 1936 and later. The German Police degens were introduced in 1938. Senior SS NCO swords themselves were in all probability not designed simultaneously with the SS Ehrendegens and were a later development like the Police swords. With the picture here being from sometime between point �A� and point �B� - which would explain the different types of swords in the photograph. FP
