I got this from a relative, who was Oberleutnant and died last year.
Very seldom seen sabre, obvious with all parts from Herder, but with the stamping of Herm. Rath Solingen.
But....why did the do such things, and not only here, also Tiger/Pack and others?
My 2 possible stories:
Rath only mounted the parts, which they bought from Herder and then sold as their sabres in their stores. They maybe were too small to produce everything, but wanted to offer everything...
Or: Herder gave the order to Rath, to mount the sabres, because they had too much work to do it theirselves (or other reasons), and then got it back and sold them as their products. But with the stamping of Rath....
Fact is, my relative bought his sabre and his dagger in one shop, and the dagger is a Herder. He once told that to his daughter.
What do you say?
Ostmaerker
Very seldom seen sabre, obvious with all parts from Herder, but with the stamping of Herm. Rath Solingen.
But....why did the do such things, and not only here, also Tiger/Pack and others?
My 2 possible stories:
Rath only mounted the parts, which they bought from Herder and then sold as their sabres in their stores. They maybe were too small to produce everything, but wanted to offer everything...
Or: Herder gave the order to Rath, to mount the sabres, because they had too much work to do it theirselves (or other reasons), and then got it back and sold them as their products. But with the stamping of Rath....
Fact is, my relative bought his sabre and his dagger in one shop, and the dagger is a Herder. He once told that to his daughter.
What do you say?
Ostmaerker
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