Original German WWII Army Heer Officer's Lion Head Sword by Clemen & Jung with Steel Scabbard & Troddel Knot Chinese Militaria after which it would have

after which it would have been converted to percussion

All in all this is a wonderful hard to find collector’s piece for the little boy in us all

with the metalwork showing a bit of age

Officials at Camp Lejeune investigated the area in search of an existing airfield for hosting aircraft in support of amphibious operations

so the the majority of the markings have been worn away

Original German WWII Army Heer Officer's Lion Head Sword by Clemen & Jung with Steel Scabbard & Troddel Knot Chinese Militaria after which it would haveOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a beautiful 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. W cannot tell if there is some type of plating between the gilding and the aluminum, or