Here is an early brass Voos lionhead with all brass wire wrap which IMO indicates the earliest type of manufacture.. This is the scarce one with the Whermacht eagle and swastika on the P guard. It is not exactly the same and of better quality of the one we are looking at but the eagle is basically the same with dot in the center of the swaz and nail set punched eye. Voos exclusive characteristics. It is not really a beautiful eagle IMO and does not depict the real beauty of the real bird in any way. It is really IMO childlike and crude in many ways-BUT-If you really start looking at these Nazi eagles they are almost ALL like that. We love them anyway but a beautiful piece of art-- IMO in most cases-- they are not. I don't own any of these reverse swaz swords and never have-but I hate to have things accepted that are fake or originals condemned that are period. It does not matter if you "like" it or not. Based on the evidence presented IMO they are period. It does not matter if they are in a catalog as many things are not. Just one final point --If you wanted to make a "good" repro sword why throw in the wild card of the reversed swastika? We are not talking 'Chinese' here-who knows why they do anything?--and who know who actually makes these. The Ebay swords are more of a joke than a real attempt to make a halfway acceptable repro.
