Germany, Slovakia. A Rare Hlinka Guard Officer’s Sword, By Walszlovits Auction A 1902 Baden Grand Duke

A 1902 Baden Grand Duke Friedrich I Jubilee Medal - In bronze

measuring 308 mm (w) x 218 mm (h) overall

he remained a prisoner until late 1919

Thiepval was finally captured

25 mm (w) x 62

Germany, Slovakia. A Rare Hlinka Guard Officer’s Sword, By Walszlovits Auction A 1902 Baden Grand DukeA rare and extremely well preserved Hlinka Guard Officers sword, measuring 960 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 780 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a slight upward curvature, and with a single fuller running the length of each side. The blade presents plain with the exception of a partially legible acid etched makers mark on the reverse ricasso for the ts based firm of Wlaszlovits,with an illegible number