Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Sabre certificate_of_authenticity with a white cotton patch

with a white cotton patch bearing an "R" beside the British Broad Arrow on the right side

Footnote: “Thing” is an antique Germanic word meaning an assembly or gathering of free men

(Hausorden der Wendischen Krone Ritterkreuz)

and a rounded catch

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Sabre certificate_of_authenticity with a white cotton patch(Heer Offizierssbel). An exceptionally well preserved Heer Officers sabre, measuring 98 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 85 cm long, nickel plated, curved magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and a fuller running approximately two thirds of the length of each side. The blade is unmarked and sits securely within a gilded brass hilt complete with a hand guard, and with an intact black leather buffer pad covering