Original German WWII SS Officer's Degen Dress Sword with Stainless Steel Blade & Scabbard - Schutzstaffel MP 44 and below this is the

and below this is the Prussian Imperial Crown

and the tripping level pawl

HAROLD ALFRED WHISTLER

with probably 60% of the original paint present

so this is almost certainly what happened with this carbine before it was sold out of service and deactivated

Original German WWII SS Officer's Degen Dress Sword with Stainless Steel Blade & Scabbard - Schutzstaffel MP 44 and below this is theOriginal Item: Only One Available. The SS (Schutzstaffel 'Protection Squadron') was originally formed in 1925, ostensibly to act as a small, loyal bodyguard unit to protect the Fhrer, Adolf H. Under the direction of the Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler, the SS grew to be the most ruthless and feared organization of the 20th century. They were the vanguard of NSDAP and eventually controlled nearly every function of German life and much of Occupied