Infantry officer's scabbard, Prussia, wz. 1889

Sword length in scabbard 987 mm, spade length 955 mm, head length 803 mm, head width at base 25 mm, back thickness at base 6 mm, spade weight 840 g, spade weight in scabbard 1245 g.

Hand closed, brass frame. Shielded yoke, three-barrelled. Between the two side bails at the bottom a Prussian imperial eagle with the monogram "W R II" on the chest is embedded. On the outside of the rear shoulder of the hilt a military numerator "78.R.8.5" is scored. Wooden shaft, cross-notched, with draped imitation lizard, entwined with three steel twisted wires. The bottom of the shaft captured in a ring, the top in an oval nut on the shaft of the head. On the outside of the handle applied brass rhodium application. Under the lower ring fixed leather finger loop. Between the hilt and the base of the head a leather pad. Head of steel, straight, polished and nickel-plated. Profiled on both sides in two furrows, reaching a short double-edged pen. The hilt is symmetrical. On the inner sill the signature "CARL EICKHORN SOLINGEN" is stamped, while on the outer sill the inscription "ERFORT", surmounted by a crown. P o c h w a s steel, nickel-plated, with surface neutralized corrosion. The neck is fluted, two riffles with movable buttresses, the spur is symmetrical. On the outer side, under the neck, the military numerator "78.R.8.5" is stamped.
state of preservation: 5/4+/4+