Original German WWII Early Luftwaffe Officer Sword by Paul Weyersberg with Waffen Mark 5 – Missing Scabbard Original Items

Original Items: Only One Available. This is an very good condition early example of a German WWII Luftwaffe Officer’s Sword from the well-known maker Paul Weyersberg of Solingen, which has unfortunately its scabbard over the years. Early examples such as this were fit with silver-plated nickel alloy mountings, with lovely brass “Sunwheel” style Swas (Hook Cross) emblems. Later they would move to the “Air Age” aluminum material, which didn’t develop the lovely patina that this sword has.

This early Luftwaffe Sword has very nice plated nickel alloy mounts, with brass caps for the Swas designs, and it looks like it originally had a blue oxide coating over the plating. They do not look to have been cleaned in many years and are developing a desirable patination, with no plating wear through we can see. The pommel has very nice rims, with a few edge dents, and very nice stamping to the oak leaves and acorns which run around the circumference. The medallion sun wheels very good as well, having great aged brass finish which really sticks out against the silver next to them. The lower cross guard sun wheels are brass inserts with intact silvering between the legs. The crossguards are nice and crisp and they both have good detail to the feathering of the downward pointing quillons, which still have a lot of the plating.

The grip is a wood based type, with original Moroccan blue leather covering. This leather is in good condition throughout and still shows most of the leather grain. The finish is worn through in a few places, and there are a few small torn away areas. The original double twisted bullion wire wrapping is intact, with a great dark patina.

The blade of this example measures 30 1/4 inches, and is very impressive. It has a very nice nickel plated surface, which does show runner wear on the flat surface, and also shows overall wear. There is a bit of edge denting, so it may have been used in service during the war. The very tip of the sword (about 1/8″) has had the nickel plating wear off, and is slightly bent.

This great example was made by Paul Weyersberg of Solingen, the legendary “City of Blades” in western Germany. The reverse ricasso is etched with PAUL WEYERSBERG & Co. / SOLINGEN in double ovals around the firms trademark “Sword-and-Wreath” logo, which was the only marking they used during the Third Reich era. This company was one of many in Solingen owned by members of the Weyersberg family. The company survived the war, but ceased production in 1955. For more information please see GERMAN KNIFE AND SWORD MAKERS by J. Anthony Carter.

Above the trademark logo is an early war Weimar Eagle mark with a 5 inside, a common Luftwaffe inspection mark, who continued to use the Weimar style eagle throughout the war. The original leather blade buffer is still present against the crossguard.

A very nice early Luftwaffe sword with a nickel-plated blade. Ready to display!

Specifications:

Blade Length: 30 1/4″
Blade Style: Double Edge w/ Partial Fuller
Overall length: 37 1/4“
Crossguard: 5 1/4″