Jack,
You are correct, of course, about the Austrian Polizei swords. Austrian Police NCOs wore short swords and officers wore long swords as a general rule.
The Austrian Police wore short swords from frogs that had cut down blades. Actually, the blades were cut down from existing stocks but they were plated after being cut down and do not look like the cut down Prussian Polizei bayonets that were not re-plated. I have posted this short sword before under another thread but here is a photo of an Austrian Polizei short sword as you describe. Again, these continued to be worn after the annexation of Austria until the police could be supplied with regular German police uniforms and swords.
