Cavalry officer's scabbard, Prussia, wz. 1889

length of scabbard in scabbard 947 mm, length of scabbard 933 mm, length of head 795 mm, width of head at base 24 mm, thickness of back at base 5 mm, weight of scabbard 620 g, weight of scabbard in scabbard 1050 g.

Closed blade, steel frame. A sigmoid, basket-shaped yoke, carved from a sheet of steel, with geometric clearances. The back part of the shield, bent towards the head, forms a support for the thumb. The outer shield with the coat of arms of Prussia - the crowned eagle - embedded in a circle. The shield is set on hinges. In the upper part of the bail a slot for tying a sling. The shaft is made of black ebonite, with ten transverse notches and an additional projection for the index finger. The shaft is set in a ring at the hilt, with the top under an oval head attached to the headstock by a semicircular nut. Head of steel, polished, nickel-plated, straight, profiled on both sides into a single medial groove, reaching a long, double-edged pen. The staff is symmetrical. At the height of the pledge and the belly, on both sides, convex, deeply etched decoration - on one side branches with oak leaves, crossed sabers, an eagle of the German Empire and an image of Kaiser Wilhelm II in profile, on the other side oak leaves and a panoply. In the central part an eagle with outspread wings and a band bearing the inscription "MIT GOTT FÜR KAISER UND REICH" (With God for Kaiser and Country). On the spine, under the root, an etched, convex signature "WEYERSBERG & CO SOLINGEN". P o c h w a s steel, with one riffle with movable collar and catching entablature on the inner side. Neck fixed in the scabbard sheath by two screws. The spur is symmetrical. All painted black.
state of preservation: 5/5/4