Imperial German Navy

Circa 1915. Slightly curved blade, approximately 1.95 cm wide and 75.9 cm long, with fullers and etching on both sides, obverse side featuring an anchor with the Imperial Crown, reverse side depicting a scene with warships, maker's mark of Eickhorn on the ricasso, blade somewhat stained/pitted with light surface rust, tip with minor rust pitting. Steel hilt with lion's head pommel featuring one red and one green glass eye, guard foldable on both sides, ivory grip with intact wire wrapping, gilding of the hilt preserved only in small traces. Leather scabbard with steel mounts, gilding also lost here, lower carrying ring missing, hooks on the mounts missing, causing the mounts to sit loosely. Condition 3.

Overall length approximately 93.5 cm.

Could be restored with some effort.

Included is the CITES permit for sale, import and export under the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, dated 2025.

Early production, double-edged etched wedge blade, crowned anchors still without ribbons, blade spine marked with supplier “A.Wiener-Berlin”, brass hilt, crossguard with typical “fan design”, black leather scabbard with brass fittings, lightly worn, in very fine condition. Condition 2

Nickel-plated blade without maker's mark, white grip without wire wrapping, lightning scabbard, complete with sword knot, only lightly used, the gilding still quite well preserved. Condition 2

Overall length approximately 120 mm

Clean blade with fullers on both sides and maritime etching, without identifiable maker's mark, interestingly designed brass hilt, folding guard with unclear anchor in oval, surrounded by various marine creatures such as fish/starfish/octopus, bone grip with stress crack, intact wire wrapping, the lion's head pommel is missing the green glass eye, black leather scabbard with finely decorated brass fittings, simple retaining clips, the folding guard bears the name engraving “O.Morsbach”, the fittings are heavily darkened, but otherwise well preserved. Condition 2

Blade length approximately 740mm
Overall length approximately 900mm

The name Morsbach cannot be found in the Roll of Honor, therefore it can be assumed that the gentleman left service before World War I.

Enclosed is the CITES permit for sale, import and export under the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, dated 2025.

Rigid steel hilt with remnants of bluing, the lion head pommel without glass eyes, the grip with intact wire wrap, plain spear-point blade, maker's mark of “Hörster Solingen”, some spotting, with the special steel scabbard, which is black lacquered and has engraved fittings, the scabbard throat is designed so that the spring of the scabbard lock does not interfere, the locking pin is still present, two movable carrying rings, with original sword knot attached, signs of age and use, rare piece in good condition. Condition 2-

The Marinekorps Flandern comprised various naval units, the ground units were later reorganized into naval infantry regiments, they wore predominantly field gray. Thus various officers carried the blackened naval officer's saber with steel scabbard, similar to how infantry officers carried blackened edged weapons.

Curved blade approximately 2.4 cm wide and 86.5 cm long, with fullers on both sides and etched decorations, the blade heavily stained/pitted with rust. Brass hilt with lion's head featuring red glass eyes, the guard foldable on the quarte side, tierce side with indistinct anchor under the imperial crown, the guard slightly deformed on the tierce side, bone grip, the wire wrapping somewhat deformed. Leather scabbard with brass fittings, metal plates loose, the scabbard previously cracked and repaired on the quarte side with a piece of leather, shrunk by approximately 3 cm. Condition 3.

Overall length approximately 102 cm.


Accompanied by CITES permit for sale, import and export under the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, dated 2025.

Circa 1917/18. Nickel-plated fullered blade, 1.9 cm wide and 76.5 cm long, with fuller, the lower half of the blade etched on both sides, on the back hand-engraved with the owner's name “A. Kühne”, the blade slightly spotted. Gilt steel hilt with lion's head pommel with one green and one red glass eye, the guard foldable on both sides. The grip of celluloid with intact wire wrapping. Sword knot attached. Leather scabbard with steel fittings. The original gilding is still completely intact, condition 2++

Overall length 91.5 cm.

An exceptionally well-preserved, hardly worn example of a type that is extremely rarely found!

Dr. Albert Kühne initially served at the Fortress Hospital Wilhelmshaven, then transferred to “Rheinland” and later to the U-cruiser Flotilla, where he served on “U 151”. An extract from the Honor Roll of the Imperial German Navy is included.

U 151 was originally designed as a merchant submarine and served from 1917 off the American coast. On the history of U 151: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U_151

Slightly curved fullered blade, approximately 2.2 cm wide and 76.3 cm long, with guard, etched on both sides, anchor with Imperial crown on the obverse, maker's mark “W.K&C” on the reverse edge, blade showing considerable spotting and light rust pitting. Chased brass hilt with lion head pommel without glass eyes, the guard hinged on the reverse side, engraved with owner's name “E. Böckelmann”, obverse side with partially visible anchor and Imperial crown, ivory grip with intact wire wrap, gilding approximately 30% intact. Leather scabbard with brass fittings, metal mounts sitting loose. Condition 2-3.

Overall length approximately 90.5 cm.


Accompanied by CITES permit for sale, import and export under the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, dated 2025.