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E-231 Army Officer’s Dovehead Sword, Model No. 3
by Puma
This Army Dovehead sword is a real looker! The hilt is the
late-period aluminum variety with the original gilding grading 99%!
Beautiful! The sword is illustrated in the Angolia Sword Book, page 114,
upper left! The pommel, backstrap, overlapping grip tabs and “P” guard
are adorned with raised-out oak leaves and acorns with a finely detailed
background pebbling. The obverse langet houses an open winged Army eagle
with the head facing to the left. The detail throughout the eagle is
fantastic! What workmanship here! The black celluloid grip is the
style having a wooden base remaining in near perfect condition with faint
scratches to the upper reverse areas. The grip is wrapped with triple
twisted aluminum wire with the center strand being slightly larger.
Typical of Third Reich swords the wire wrap is a little loose especially to the
lower grip area. Despite this condition we have a GORGEOUS hilt here!
The blade is mirror bright being the nickel plated variety measuring 30.5” in
overall length. The edges and tip are crisp! The obverse ricasso
area is stamped “No3” which signifies the Puma model number. The
reverse is stamped with the famous Puma diamond trademark. Inside the
diamond appears the Puma head and directly beneath is the firm’s name, Puma.
Finally, below and outside the diamond is the firm’s location Solingen.
The black leather washer is present, grading strong excellent. The
scabbard is a GEM! Hard to upgrade this one! It remains perfectly
straight throughout! The black factory paint is fabulous remaining bright
and shiny, grading 99%! If you only want one, this could be it! Strong
excellent.
$995.00
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Item E-231
