Original German WWII SS Schutzstaffel Vehicle Staff Pennant Rigid Steel Flag by Max Knobloch - RZM M3/61 Antique Winchesters The base of the shaft

The base of the shaft has a tooled grip

He also had the barracks cleaned and painted and showers installed (with hot water)

The blade surface is very smooth

This design in fact mirrors the more common Russian issued hussar swords of the same period which either in iron or brass have the same style frame with leather viewed in between windows

They boarded the USS West Point on the evening of January 3

Original German WWII SS Schutzstaffel Vehicle Staff Pennant Rigid Steel Flag by Max Knobloch - RZM M3/61 Antique Winchesters The base of the shaftOriginal Item: Only One Available. The SS (Schutzstaffel 'Protection Squadron') was originally formed in 1925, ostensibly to act as a small, loyal bodyguard unit to protect the Fhrer, Adolf AH. Under the direction of the Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler, the SS grew to be the most ruthless and feared organization of the 20th century. They were the vanguard of NSDAPsm and eventually controlled nearly every function of German life and much of Occupied