WWI / WWII PERSONALISED GERMAN ARMY OFFICER'S SWORD WITH SCABBARD. Ca. Early 20th Century AD. A German Army Model 1890 Officer's Sword (Heer Mannschaftsabel), a pattern that was in service between 1890 and 1945. This item was made by the Solingen firm Puma and features an ornately decorated blade. It is personalised with the phrase "Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit Kempten / Allgäu" ("In memory of my time in Kempten / Allgäu"). Size: 1000mm x 145mm; Weight: 970g Provenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1980s.