Original German Pre-WWI Hirschfänger Stag Handle Long Shooting Dress Cutlass by WKC with Scabbard Category_Accessories - Medical Corps collar disc

- Medical Corps collar disc

the proof marks are too obscure to accurately read so there are also a couple of unlikely possibilities from the Napoleonic Wars

Of particular note is the very rare MGZ40 Optical sight which is has perfect functioning optics and is nicely marked dhq for the manufacturer J D Moeller

The rear sight bed is marked:

Original German Pre-WWI Hirschfänger Stag Handle Long Shooting Dress Cutlass by WKC with Scabbard Category_Accessories - Medical Corps collar discOriginal Item: Only One Available. In use for centuries, the German Hirschfnger (Deer Catcher) long hunting daggers have always made lovely display pieces, as well as military sidearms. Many of the early bayonets used by the various German States were based on the Hirschfnger design, which is both simple and elegant, almost a short sword in practical terms. The Hunting and Forestry organizations under the German monarchy were often controlled by