Original German WWII Senior Forestry Official Hirschfanger Cutlass By Eickhorn with GI Photos, Newspaper Articles as Seen in Reference Book ZB 26-ZB 30 From research

From research

as noted in the official specifications

Serving trays and larger serving utensils are not usually silver

one of the component states of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918

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Original German WWII Senior Forestry Official Hirschfanger Cutlass By Eickhorn with GI Photos, Newspaper Articles as Seen in Reference Book ZB 26-ZB 30 From researchOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Not only is this WWII German Senior Forestry Officials Hirschfanger an excellent specimen, it includes information on the American GI who brought it home from the war in Europe as a souvenir! Combat Engineer, Technician 5th Class John Petrik, captured this cutlass and brought it home as a Trophy of War. Petrick was featured in the January 16th, 1945 edition of his hometown newspaper, The Hudson Dispatch, showing this very