Good evening gentleman, hope I find you all well. I wonder if anyone out there can translate the dedication on this sword, I can hardly read it! if the picture is not clear enough I will take separate pics of each word.

I do not think anyone is going to be able too read that unless you take better pictures of it.I can say this,its a good looking sword.

Agree, good looking sword, but please - word for word.

Great blade!! Take the pics outside, you`ll get better results.

"Seinem hochverehrten F�hrer Hauptmann d ? ? ? Ra(o?)ssenbeck / in Dankbarkeit gewidmet Kreisverband Wiedenbr�ck 23. Juni 1935".
Transl.: "To the highly devoted leader captain ? ? ? Ra(o?)ssenbeck / dedicated in gratitude (by the) district assiciation (of) Weidenbr�ck 23. June 1935".
Regards,

Thank you wotan. Sorry everybody, will try and take some better photos. Outside mrfabulous, it's raining, this is England!

Sorry for the delay, due to unforeseen commitments. I hope these pictures are clearer, I find this script very difficult. The sword in question is listed in Angolia's book at the top of page 84 as a Weimar period model. The proof mark is the same as a mark in Degen's excellent Eickhorn reference, this being under dress bayonets, top row, second right, the rather well fed rodent in a double oval.

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Beautiful etching. Nice to see.

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looks like you got a beutiful sword there. Can you post a pic. of the hilt.

Thank you, will take some pics tomorrow

Thank you lar, more pics

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I use to date this one

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