US WWII GI’S CATTARAUGUS 225Q “COMMANDO” FIGHTING KNIFE, REF 1/III/65, THE 6″ BLADE HAS BEEN POLISHED MIRROR BRIGHT AND THE CHECKERED POMMEL CAP HAS BEEN ALTERED TO A FLAT POLISHED BRIGHT CAP

IMPERIAL GERMAN MID 1850’S ERA COURT STYLE DRESS SWORD WITH RAPIER SHAPED STRAIGHT BLUED BLADE, 31 3/4″ BLADE IS BLUED ON THE TOP 1/3 SECTION AND IS HM’ED “E.C.”? IN OVAL NEAR HILT AND INSCRIBED “BRAUNSCHNEY”? ON ONE SIDE AND “G.E. RUEFEL” ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE IN PANNELS ALONG WITH SEVERAL “CANNON” MOTIFS, REST OF BLADE IS MINT AND STILL CAKED IN COSMOLINE, THE ORNATE ALL BRASS ‘D” GUARD GRIP HAS AN ANCIENT GREEK WOMENS? TYPE HEAD ON THE CLAMSHEL GUARD AND BACKSTRAP, C/W IT’S FULL LENGTH BLACK LEATHER SCABBARD WITH BRASS DRAG AND THROAT, EXC/PLUS CONDITION