Original German WWII Army Heer Officer's Lion Head Sword by Clemen & Jung with Steel Scabbard & Troddel Knot Russian/Soviet Militaria but this was common with

but this was common with the “locally made” examples or with war time examples that had to be made at a rapid rate to outfit militias and the Continental Army

From 1966 the SAAF was involved in providing infantry support in a low intensity war ("The Border War") in Angola

We have not been able to find much on his Korean War service

They had marched about 600 kilometers on up to our place

Original German WWII Army Heer Officer's Lion Head Sword by Clemen & Jung with Steel Scabbard & Troddel Knot Russian/Soviet Militaria but this was common withOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely classic Lionhead German WWII Army Officers sword, made by the somewhat rare firm of Clemen & Jung Waffenfabrik, of Solingen, Germany, complete with its original scabbard and a very nice leather and bullion troddel "sword knot". The hilt on this example is made from later war aluminum alloy, which was then gilt. We cannot tell if there is some type of plating between the gilding and the aluminum, or