I bought this a few months ago but just got around to taking pictures of it. After knocking Ebay in a previous post, I have to come clean and admit I got it from there. It was described as having a plastic grip but I could tell from the pictures it was probably wood. To my surprise it turned out to be horn.

The sword is WK&C and is in great condition except for the grip wire which was broke in several spots. I rewired this myself. The blade is double-fullered and measures 33 1/8 inches. The knot is dirty and fragile.

There is no Kaiser's cypher on the grip. A fellow forum member heard from Helmut Weitze in Hamburg that this is because it is a reserve degen. However, one of Weitze's staffers told me it could be a veteran degen. Perhaps this is due to a translation/language barrier, but any info about this discrepancy would be appreciated.

Finally, a big thanks to Frogprince and Orpo who gave me some sound advice prior to purchase. The forum really helped me out on this one. Max

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