My dear friends,

I recently went to Germany on a personal trip but had some time to visit the famous Deutsches Klingenmuseum - German Blade Museum at Solingen. Here are some pictures that I took and would like to share with all of you.


Engraved & marker marked blades



Etched & blued blades

Imperial blades including Kaiser Wilhelm II Damascus Presentation Swords

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Third Reich blades

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Traditional style Execution Sword, based on a medieval design, yet this example was created by Professor Woenne in the 1930s

I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to - Michael Everett , Frederick J. Stephens , Tom Johnson and James Brown (Damast) - for all the help and advise given.

Thank you guys ;-)

Cheers,
Ibrahim.

Thank you for this post...It seems they have changed there sword display. In the last year or so.. I have always liked that Bismark sword!!

Excellent photographs! Thank you for sharing these with us.

Great stuff!! Love those Imperial blades.

Nice photos and hats off to the museum. Nicely executed display!!!

I do not recall seeing the Third Reich items when I was there about 35 years ago.I think they added that section more recently. Its a great place to visit. Do they have records that can be researched there? Joe S

Ibrahim, A visual feast for the eyes Thank You!!! Fred

My friends,

Here is the website to this museum http://www.klingenmuseum.de
And this is a good video introduction about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LCZdqng7qk


The location , address & opening time




The overall overview of the museum

Thanks for the incredible post.
#32 is amazing.

,,Thank you for your great photos and enlightenment Ibrahim.
Cheers,
Paul

I visited the Museum and met the director during some research I was carrying out on a german hunting sword.

I believe the display of the third Reich items was not as comprehensive as shown in the pictures.

I will agree it is a good place to visit and if the same receptionist is still there she spoke perfect English and was a gem.

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I will agree it is a good place to visit and if the same receptionist is still there she spoke perfect English and was a gem

Going back anytime soon Frank!!

I would love to see a close up of that slant gripped army if you have one on file Ibrahim, the other items are breath-taking.

An excellent update on the Blade Museum. Thanks for the pictures.

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Originally posted by Degens:

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I will agree it is a good place to visit and if the same receptionist is still there she spoke perfect English and was a gem

Going back anytime soon Frank!!

I would love to see a close up of that slant gripped army if you have one on file Ibrahim, the other items are breath-taking.

hi DEGENS,

Here is the picture you asked for.



My favorite is definitely Kaiser Wilhelm Damascus Presentation sword (No.32)

cheers,
Ibrahim.

Sorry for the picture quality, but here it is just a little bit lower. Regards

WOW,early and rare Heer dagger they have on display! Fittings and Bird used by Axt und Hauer Fabrik and Plumacher (VERY rarely seen!!) not your "typical" Heer! wish I could look closer!! Kevin.

Ibrahim,
Thank you for posting the army, you took some great pictures. It certainly does look like a scarce one too, possibly early ACS or HOLLER but Axt and Plumacher are the marks you would like to see.

I wonder if they know what they have got and whether they would swap it for a mint condition later dagger ( for display purposes only of course ).

Some beautiful swords. Would love to see the HJ bayonet in hand. Also interesting that they have Heer hangers displayed with a TENO Officer dagger.

heading to hollad this week planning a day trip to soligen would love to stop there if time permits

The maker of the Army dagger on display is Alexander Coppel. ACS with scales.

Houston,
I know this isn't as good as having it in hand, but this is the best I could do for ya and hope it helps. Best.

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My apologies for this late reply. Here are the rest of the photos that I took of this section display.

Hi ibrahim,

excellent job done!

Thanks for sharing pic's
Best Regards,
Gerd

Mikee, How do you know the maker on the Heer? Kevin.

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Originally posted by Degens:

I will agree it is a good place to visit and if the same receptionist is still there she spoke perfect English and was a gem

Still a mind boggling set of pictures, I have to ask. Was it accented or more neutral? Remembering some folks in Germany who learned English from UK teachers or while living there. Having to sometimes do a double mental shift, when there was a blurring between the English and the German (no offense intended, as we have internal U.S. dialects, as do the Germans). My Best to All, Fred

There was a slight accent and I suspect she must have spent some time in an English speaking country. There are some language quirks you do not learn in a school. I once met a Japanese business man whlst I was in Hawai and if I shut my eyes he sounded as if originated from Oxford. Made my London accent sound shameful....lol

Heers68,

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