PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: The roughly, 31" long, nickel/silver plated, drop forged steel construction blade, features 20 3/8" long, shallow fullers to each side. The slightly age dulled, blade is in overall very good condition with a few small surface scratches and scuffs and some small areas of light to moderate surface spotting. The reverse ricasso is well marked with acid etched manufacturer’s logo, name and location. The manufacturer’s logo consists of the likeness of a crab/crayfish within a rounded bottom, shield shaped, border flanked by the manufacturer’s abbreviated name and location, "Pet. Dan Krebs Solingen", (Peter Daniel Krebs). Of Note: The manufacturers logo of the crab/crayfish cleverly mimics the manufacturer’s last name, "Krebs", (Crab/Crayfish). The usual leather washer is absent. The hilt consists of a nickel/silver plated, tooled steel, cross guard, ferrule, "D" knuckle bow, backstrap, pommel and a black dyed, wooden grip with an inset, die struck, bronze alloy, second pattern, (Circa June 1936-May 1945), police eagle and wreath and an aluminum wire wrap all intact. The plain cross guard features a downward curving arm to one end and extends upwards into the "D" knuckle bow, with a raised, central, spine to the other end. The bottom edge of the cross guard has the typical, overlapping, SS inspection runes within an octagonal border. The ferrule is ornamented with a vertically embossed, repeating oak-leaves and acorn design. The plain pommel has a screwed on, circular, tang nut with fluted sides. The nickel/silver plating to the cross guard, ferrule, "D" knuckle bow and pommel is retained about 90% with light age tarnish and minor surface scratches and spotting. The hardwood grip has the correct, heavy, single, silver wire wrap and the inset, police emblem to the obverse. The police emblem consists of a national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in it’s talons, encompassed by an oak-leaf wreath. The reverse of the wooden grip has a vertical, inset, plain, nickel/silver plated backstrap which secures the wire wrap in place. The wooden grip has lost almost all of its black finish and has reverted to the age darkened natural wood, while the backstrap has lost all of its nickel/silver plated finish and shows moderate to heavy surface spotting. The sword comes complete with its original, black painted, magnetic sheet metal construction, scabbard with nickel/silver plated top and bottom fittings. The scabbard retains about 90% of its original black enamel painted finish, with numerous small scrapes and scuffs and a few dings and dents. The bottom, drag fitting has six, vertical, impressed grooves to each side and a flared bottom tip. Both of the drag fittings retaining screws are absent and the drag is friction fitted to the scabbard. The top fitting is retained by two, small, dome headed screws and features an ornate, Celtic swirl pattern with overlapping arms with narrow impressed grooves and a recessed, subtly textured, background field. The top edge of the scabbard throat is also well marked with the stamped, overlapping, SS inspection runes within an octagonal border. The scabbard also has a plain, horizontal, scabbard band with a raised, metal suspension bar to the reverse and the hanger suspension ring both intact.