Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Sword, Unit-Attributed, by F. & A. Helbig consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Anti-Partisan Propaganda Medal

Footnote: The Anti-Partisan Propaganda Medal was fabricated by the German Propaganda "Staffel" Detachment

Stitched onto the upper left arm is a striking insignia consisting of a black wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire SS-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

who managed the family firm from 1878 to 1902

He is remembered on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Sword, Unit-Attributed, by F. & A. Helbig consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Anti-Partisan Propaganda Medal(Luftwaffe Schwert fr Offiziere). A Luftwaffe Officers sword, measuring 92. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 72 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the edges and tip, and with a fuller running approximately one third of the length of each side. The reverse of the blade bears a stamped unit dedication of III FL. 154, possibly indicating issue to