Germany, Third Reich. A Reich Forestry Association Official’s Cutlass, By Ewald Cleef Auction and Rector of Upton Pyne

and Rector of Upton Pyne

with clasp attached to ribbon “Vor Dem Feinde” (clasp represented an award for service on the front)

both swastika and circle edged by twisted golden cello

along with nine awards while serving with the United States Army [three Bronze Stars (for the Vietnam War)

1920 in Linsfeld

Germany, Third Reich. A Reich Forestry Association Official’s Cutlass, By Ewald Cleef Auction and Rector of Upton Pyne(Deutscher Forstschutz Hirschfnger). A very well preserved German Forestry Association officials cutlass, measuring 540 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 410 mm long magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. Both the obverse and reverse of the blade feature intricately detailed, acid etched designs depicting stags and deer in forested settings, with the obverse depicting a hunter and dog in action. The