Imperial German Model 1889 Cavalry Officer's Sword and Scabbard : 3 Schleswig Dragoon Regiment Number 15

Imperial German Model 1889 cavalry officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel steel guard with the heraldic eagle of Prussia as the cartouche badge on a hinged section and a black bakelite (cracked) grip. The guard is stamped 5.28. A brown leather sword strap with a yellow fringed knot is wrapped around the guard. The straight blade has a single fuller to each side to within 185 mm of the double edge spear point and a trade mark of a kings head and a knights head over W.K&C is stamped on the right ricasso. The blade is etched on the right side with crossed swords in a wreath, a mounted officer and in the centre a blued panel with 3.Schles.Drag. Rgt.No15. The left side has a floral pattern with a horses head at the top and a troop of cavalry in the centre. The black painted steel scabbard is plain with a single fixed ring on a band 55 mm from the throat.

This sword was used by an officer of the Third Schleswig Dragoon Regiment Number 15. It is number 190 of the Luks collection and found in France during the First World War.