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This "Lion's Head Dress Sword was used in battle in WWII by a German officer & shipped home by my father in its original condition after that battle & left untouched since then(my father died in 1993 with the tip of the blade still embedded in his hip bone)--overall length 39 3/4"--blade length 34 5/8--scabbard length 35 3/4

The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.