Original German 19th Century Saxon M.1840 Faschinenmesser Pioneer Artillery Short Sword - Regiment Marked MG 34 Mounts the 458th Bomb Group participated

the 458th Bomb Group participated in an attack on one of NSDAP Germany’s last remaining oil refinery facilities at Harburg just south of Hamburg

It has been reconditioned

balls had a muzzle velocity of about 900 feet per second (274 meters/second)

and has the great look of a knife that saw much service during the war

wide fuller and a narrow fuller 18½" long

Original German 19th Century Saxon M.1840 Faschinenmesser Pioneer Artillery Short Sword - Regiment Marked MG 34 Mounts the 458th Bomb Group participatedOriginal Item: Only One Available. These are the traditional Sidearms of SAXONY, one of the independent German City States that existed prior to the unification of Germany under Bismarck in 1871. Each State had it's own characteristic sidearms, this Faschinenmesser Sword was one used by Saxony. The 24 1 4 long sword has a large Cleaver shaped blade of 19" mounted onto an all brass ribbed grip bag shaped hilt with a brass "S" cross guard. The name