Original Early Prussian NCO Sidearm circa 1740 with Later Family Document Dated 1795 Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly Constructed of "Warm Drab Melton

Constructed of "Warm Drab Melton Cloth" with scarlet facings to the Collar

All parts completely correct with a good amount of the original finish present

The blade is nicely engraved with foliage and bird scenes and was once gold washed near the cross guard

stains and grime

during Britain's darkest hour of World War Two

Original Early Prussian NCO Sidearm circa 1740 with Later Family Document Dated 1795 Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly Constructed of "Warm Drab MeltonOriginal Items: One of a Kind Set. This came to us from a German family who insisted that their ancestor had been initially a trooper and later an N. C. O., in King FREDERICK the GREAT'S army starting in the 1750's or 1760's and retiring only after many years service, by then in the service of Frederick the Great's successor, his nephew, KING FREDERICK WILHELM II of Prussia who reigned until 1797. The sidearm, a brass hilted short sword, almost a