Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An NCO’s Dress Sword, by E. &. F. Hörster Province of China the arms joined together through

the arms joined together through the quadrants by a circular ring bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR VERDIENSTE IM FEUER-LÖSCHWESEN” (“FOR MERIT IN FIRE-FIGHTING”)

The butterscotch-coloured leather sweatband is perforated along the front edge with five tiny rows of forty ventilation holes each

with a 35 mm wide black cotton exterior headband

constructed of dark grey wool twill

“ADERHOLD”

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An NCO’s Dress Sword, by E. &. F. Hörster Province of China the arms joined together through(Ordnungspolizei Degen fr Unterfhrer). A well preserved Ordnungspolizei NCOs dress sword, measuring 94. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 79 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip, and with wide fullers which run approximately two thirds of the length of each side. The obverse ricasso bears a makers mark of E. U. F. HRSTER, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms