Germany, Weimar Republic. A Reichsmarine Officer’s Sword, By E. & F. Hörster consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The Order of the Zähringen

The Order of the Zähringen Lion - Knights Cross

with straight ribbon

Each armpit is adorned with an olive green patch

with “Eisernes Kreuz 2

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Reichsmarine Officer’s Sword, By E. & F. Hörster consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The Order of the Zähringen(Reichsmarine Offiziers Schwert). A well preserved Reichsmarine Officers sword, measuring 95 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 81 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and with a narrow fuller running the majority of the length of the top edge of each side of the blade. The obverse ricasso bears a makers mark of E. & F. HRSTER, SOLINGEN, while the reverse ricasso appropriately bears the