NVA Parade Sword Opinions please

[Katze Felix]

Are all of the late ones like the one Andreas has pictured? From the images the State Emblem is not set in properly - it is canted. As well the serial number appears to have been struck in a sloppy manner.
KF

[Thälmannpionier]

Andreas,
This is a late style of sabre, the question is was it put together before or after the fall of the wall!! I do have quite a few sabres one of which is very similar to the one you picture. The picture below is a few years old now, but I still have the sabre, it is still sealed in plastic with hanger and cert (1988), I first saw this actual sabre in early 91 when a friend brought it back from a trip to Germany in late 90,this suggests it was made towards or at the end of the DDR and is not a fake...although unissued. So the sabre you show Andreas I suspect comes from this time frame. I have never really trusted late certs as I remember seeing too many original but blank ones shortly after the wall fell.
There are some differences to mine the trail is a slightly different shape, and the overall finish is not quite so good and the serial number is a tad wonky...

Conclusion: From what I can see, made at the original sabre factory, but possibly put together after the fall of the wall, very hard to say for sure. I would probably buy it as it is a good price and I would not have too much of a problem having it in my collection as a late pattern sabre..

Hi David,
Thanks alot for the help...after your phone call yesterday,I was quite reliefed,because I always wanted a Parade Sword in my Collection but never came across a real one..so before I have none..I go for the late(st) pattern NVA Sword and know its DDR made. Its like you said, with the Honour Daggers..there are alot floating around that were made in the late 80s and sat in storage and came in Dealer Hands in 1990.

[Stefas]

Hello,I would't have any problem with daggers ore swords made by original parts after the collapse off the GDR.
What I rememberd too,is that the copy had silver "piping" on the black leather grip.The original was in gold.do you have the book uniformen der DDR 1949-1990.There are some swords in it.

Hi David,
Thanks alot for the help...after your phone call yesterday,I was quite reliefed,because I always wanted a Parade Sword in my Collection but never came across a real one..so before I have none..I go for the late(st) pattern NVA Sword and know its DDR made. Its like you said, with the Honour Daggers..there are alot floating around that were made in the late 80s and sat in storage and came in Dealer Hands in 1990.