Steve-
Congratulations. You did well for the price. As you know, your saber is produced by the Horster firm. The obverse and reverse langets scream Horster with their very distinctive "Z" shaped side indentions, level to the eagles feet.
The sword is naturally brass, as is the grip wire. I would venture a guess this was an earlier Horster produced piece. I cannot ascertain from the various photos if this sword ever had gold colored gilting to the hilt. It's possible it was produced with a pollished brass hilt. The photos are somewhat deceiving. As you can see, the hilt has been pollished up a bit by someone, hence the shiny high relief areas of the lions mane. Perhaps if someone has a scan of the Horster firms sales catalog, they can get you a model number for your records. I don't have one at this time.
Search throught the "edged weapons" section to find various other Heer sabers to us as a reference to tie the knot correctly around the hilt.
Good score,
Tom
Congratulations. You did well for the price. As you know, your saber is produced by the Horster firm. The obverse and reverse langets scream Horster with their very distinctive "Z" shaped side indentions, level to the eagles feet.
The sword is naturally brass, as is the grip wire. I would venture a guess this was an earlier Horster produced piece. I cannot ascertain from the various photos if this sword ever had gold colored gilting to the hilt. It's possible it was produced with a pollished brass hilt. The photos are somewhat deceiving. As you can see, the hilt has been pollished up a bit by someone, hence the shiny high relief areas of the lions mane. Perhaps if someone has a scan of the Horster firms sales catalog, they can get you a model number for your records. I don't have one at this time.
Search throught the "edged weapons" section to find various other Heer sabers to us as a reference to tie the knot correctly around the hilt.
Good score,
Tom
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