Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Nco/Officer’s Sabre, By Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co. Hold Sawyer was appointed Lance Corporal

Sawyer was appointed Lance Corporal on July 17

nonetheless it remains in near extremely fine

The shoulder straps also have three smaller straps attached

After being promoted to CSM he took part in the Battle of Mount Sorrell where he was severely wounded in the left thigh by shrapnel

He was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Street Cleaning in 1877 and was in that post for sixteen years

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Nco/Officer’s Sabre, By Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co. Hold Sawyer was appointed Lance Corporal(Kriegsmarine Sbel fr Offiziere und Unteroffiziere). A very well preserved Kriegsmarine NCO Officers sabre, measuring 895 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 755 mm long curved and polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened lower edge. It presents plain, with the exception of a makers mark near the reverse ricasso of WKC for Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co., Solingen, topped by the firms classic