Original German WWII Early Luftwaffe Officer Sword by Paul Weyersberg with Waffen Mark 5 – Nickel Plated Blade 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. 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.

The blade of this example measures 30 1/8 inches, and is very impressive. It has an outstanding nickel plated surface in excellent condition, with just a bit of running wear and scuffing. The very tip of the sword (about 1/8″) has had the nickel plating wear off, and there is a bit of oxidation near the crossguard.

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. There are remnants of the leather blade buffer on the crossguard, but it looks to have disintegrated long ago.

This early Luftwaffe Sword has very nice plated nickel alloy mounts, with brass caps for the Swas designs. 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 just some edge scratching, 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, so they do not have sivering 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. It is worn though near the crossguard, with some finish flaking and some small pieces missing elsewhere. The original double twisted bullion wire wrapping is intact, with a great dark patina.

The scabbard shell is nice and straight, with no denting we can see, and is entirely non-magnetic. The original Moroccan blue leather here is also in good shape, though the seam is definitely showing, and there is some missing leather near that. The rest does show some wear and bruising, with a few tears. The scabbard mounts are a fine matching nickel alloy with silver plate. The mounts are in good condition, with fully intact plating with a great patina. The Moroccan leather sword hanger is present, and shows age, with wear to the leather, but is fully intact and has no repairs.

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

Specifications:

Blade Length: 30 1/8″
Blade Style: Double Edge w/ Partial Fuller
Overall length: 37 1/4“
Crossguard: 5 1/4″
Scabbard length: 31 1/2”