To understand why there is a military theme to the sword with "Garde Komp" and the "Garde Star" on the reverse blade you have to firstly understand the structure of this particular shooting club, it is split into three different parts, you have the Jäger Kompanie, Schützen Kompanie and Garde Kompanie, our guy was in the Garde Kompanie. I personally think that anything was available during this period as long as you had enough money.
Thank you to all
Gary
