Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Sword, By Paul Seilheimer GTRexclude Carl Schmidt was a Prussian

Carl Schmidt was a Prussian in the best sense of the word

(King Carol II

reverse inscribed “Der Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Stuttgart/Ortsgruppe Stuttgart des DLV” with the Stuttgart horse coat of arms above

Austria: Wounded Medal (war materials

he joined the Luftwaffe as a flak gunner with the 96th division in Dortmund in January 1942

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Dress Sword, By Paul Seilheimer GTRexclude Carl Schmidt was a Prussian(Heer Schwert fr Offiziere). A very well preserved Heer Officers dress sword, measuring 91. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 75 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a slight curvature, sharpened tip, and with a fuller running approximately two thirds of the top edge of each side of the blade. The sword is maker marked on the reverse ricasso PAUL SEILHEIMER, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms monogram