He was to make three other moves in mid-1909: to the Cruiser Antrim on May 8th
overlaid by a central Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross/DRK) insignia in the form of a German national eagle executed in black enamel with gilt featuring
wooden framed with brown leather wrapping
he was deployed to serve in the Reich Defense Ministry where he was promoted to Captain in 1931
supplemented in each case by black-and-white diagram photographs
Germany, Weimar Republic. A Reichsmarine Officer’s Sword, By E. & F. Hörster Hold He was to make three(Reichsmarine Offiziers Schwert). A well preserved Reichsmarine Officers sword, measuring 95 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 81 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and with a narrow fuller running the majority of the length of the top edge of each side of the blade. The obverse ricasso bears a makers mark of E. & F. HRSTER, SOLINGEN, while the reverse ricasso appropriately bears the