Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Sword, Unit-Attributed, by F. & A. Helbig consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The elder Wiltshire served as

The elder Wiltshire served as a driver with the Royal Horse Artillery during the Egyptian Campaign of 1882

both unmarked and measuring 55 mm (w) x 66 mm (h)

stamped with an issue number of “292633” and marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “M1/35” for Moeller & Schröder

He is remembered on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial

the obverse with a raised Cross Pattée overlaid by a Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Sword, Unit-Attributed, by F. & A. Helbig consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The elder Wiltshire served as(Luftwaffe Schwert fr Offiziere). A Luftwaffe Officers sword, measuring 92. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 72 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip, and with a fuller running approximately one third of the length of each side. The reverse of the blade bears a stamped unit dedication of III FL. 154, possibly indicating issue to