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    Kinda Shabby II: A Battle Hacked Royal Presentation Sword to a Noble 1914 Fatality

    This is from my friend's collection, all those other hilt-shots I have shown with his permission here. This is an IOD89 with a steel blade presentation inscribed to Portepeefähnrich Freiherr von Romberg from Princess Heinrich of Prussia, 1895-96.

    She was Irene of Hesse-Darmstadt (1868-1953), married to the Kaiser's younger brother, Grandadmiral Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862-1929). Every year, selected Cadets were assigned as pages for social polishing-- and this was the reward. Irene was the first cousin of King George C of England, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia as well as of her own husband-- all grandchildren of the prolific Queen Victoria!

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    And the recipient's baronial crest engraved on the pommel cap.

    Maximilian Freiherr von Romberg was born 26 March 1877 in Stettin. After attending Prussia's most prestigious military school, the Hauptkadettenanstalt at Berlin-Lichterfelde, he was assigned to Princess Irene's personal household, then commissioned Sekondeleutnant with backdated seniority to 15 February 1896 E in Stettin's prestigious Grenadier Regiment 2.
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      Objects of beauty-- and lethal weapons

      After receiving the Kaiser Wilhelm I Centenary Medal in 1897, Baron Romberg went off to crush the Boxer Rebellion as Adjutant of the 1st Battalion/East Asian Infantry Regiment 1900/01, receiving the China Medal. In 1902 he transferred as 1st Btn Adjutant in the 3rd EA Inf Rgt on occupation duty in China.

      Ater returning to Germany, he was promoted Oberleutnant 20 March 1906 with seniority X in Fusilier Regiment 80. 1907 found him attending the Prussian War College, but he did not advance into a General staff position. Still in Fusilier Regiment 80, he was promoted to Hauptmann 22 April 1912 M7m.

      At the outbreak of the First World War, he was--like many regular officers--assigned to a newly created war unit to "stiffen" the reserve officers. He was a company commander in Reserve Infantry Regiment 87, 21st Reserve Division, 18th Reserve Corps.

      Advancing through Luxembourg, the regiment clashed with the French along the Marne. He was mortally wounded by a gunshot to the stomach near the Cernay-en-Dormois heights on September 23, 1914, dying overnight.

      He left behind his widow Antoinette née Converse and small son Max in Wiesbaden. The third of four sons of Generalleutnant aD Wilhelm Freiherr von Romberg (1839-1917) and Anna von Below, all four of the brothers would be dead or mortally wounded by the end of 1914. Their father died, per the Heldengedenkmappe, "of a broken heart because the war had robbed him of all four of his sons in the first six months."

      The blade of this sword is nicked and notched-- by OTHER BLADES. Though presented as a Royal Token Of Esteem to a teenager in knee-britches, it was carried and used in combat-- right up until the owner's death, probably with it strapped around his wrist, waving his company forward into the enemy.

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        #4
        Fabulous !

        Rick, What a fascinating historical piece, with a sad tale to tell. Thanks for posting.

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          This sword is a fitting memorial to the original owner, a soldier lost in combat.
          An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.

          "First ponder, then dare." von Moltke

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            #6
            A perfect sword (for my purposes )....unfortunately, I don't own it yet

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