Germany, Slovakia. A Rare Hlinka Guard Officer’s Sword, By Walszlovits Auction Thiepval was finally captured

Thiepval was finally captured

GABLONZ/NEIßE”

including a 1914 Iron Cross with 1939 Clasp

A 1902 Baden Grand Duke Friedrich I Jubilee Medal - In bronze

1 Dress for Officers of Air Rank Shoulder Boards (insignia illustrating an eagle above an open-ended wreath and surmounted by the QEII crown in gold-coloured and silvered bullion wire

Germany, Slovakia. A Rare Hlinka Guard Officer’s Sword, By Walszlovits Auction Thiepval was finally capturedA rare and extremely well preserved Hlinka Guard Officers sword, measuring 960 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 780 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a slight upward curvature, and with a single fuller running the length of each side. The blade presents plain with the exception of a partially legible acid etched makers mark on the reverse ricasso for the ts based firm of Wlaszlovits,with an illegible number