Germany, Weimar Republic. A Hunting/Forestry Association Cutlass, By E. & F. Hörster United Republic of depicts a Totenkopf (dead’s head)

depicts a Totenkopf (dead’s head) flanked by oak leaves

MONTREAL 1914" on the reverse

two months before the end of the war

surrounded by the engraved inscription ""DISTRICT DE CHATEAU THIERRY"" (Chateau Thierry District)

measuring 296 mm (w) x 250 mm (h))

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Hunting/Forestry Association Cutlass, By E. & F. Hörster United Republic of depicts a Totenkopf (dead’s head)(Hirschfnger). A striking and extremely well preserved Hunting Forestry Association cutlass, measuring 51 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 32. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The blade features double sided, acid etched imagery executed in exceptional detail, with the obverse bearing a hunting scene consisting of a boar being chased by a hunter and pack of hounds,