Land Custom’s Sabel by WKC #1016 – D504

While the majority of lion, panther, and dove head swords were carried by different officer ranks within the Wehrmacht, a few were designated for specific branches per se’. This particular offering is for those officers who’s primary duty were engaged in protecting the borders of the Deutschland.

The hilt of this sabel while showing age and toning, still remains in very nice condition with all of the components super tight to the tang of the blade. The beautiful sculptured lion with flowing mane forming the pommel and back strap of this hilt, has a very striking look to it. Both simulate ruby stone eyes are in place, and have nice bright clarity to them. As shown with the crossguard photo, the eagle incorporated into this component has short pointy wings. That is the feature that determines that this is a 3rd Reich Boarder Custom officer’s sword, from that of an ordinary Heer sabel. The black Torlon grip remains in beautiful condition, and is tightly wrapped with a triple strand of decorative wire. A nice solid hilt assembly on this rare sword.

For the most part, swords and degens produced during the Nazi regime had scabbards which were painted black enamel. That is with the exception of course of the Luft examples, which most collectors know were leather covered. The scabbard to this beautiful sword is the blued version. While some sources insist that these Customs swords only came in this manner, on occasions I’ve seen them offered with the traditional black paint. That aside, this is one that you can be assured of as it is in fact blued, and certainly stands it out from the more common black painted Heer shells. While the surface of this scabbard is speckled with age, it still retains 70% of that original factory blue finish. This shell is nice and straight, and void of any bends, twists, or dog legs. A good looking blued scabbard which matches this sword properly.

Finally the blade….and what a blade this baby is! 32″ in length and properly matching that of the scabbard, the blade to this Land Custom’s sword is a beauty! It is adorned with gorgeous heavy plating throughout, present on both sides. Void of any sharpening, tipping, edge chips or significant detraction, it’s about as mint as a 3rd Reich sword blade gets. There are a couple very, very minor specks to the plating. But I’m telling you they are hardly anything to be concerned with. As fairly common with this manufacture, the WKC helmeted knight logo is stamped on the obverse of the blade, and mostly hidden by the langet. To complete this stunning blade, is the leather blade washer which is embedded into the underside of the crossguard.   It’s hard to imagine to see such a rare sword as this is, and then to have it matched to such a gorgeous blade to top it off.

One honey, of a rare Land Custom Official’s sword. SOLD