Need Help ID'ing German Sword (P.D. Luneschloss)

T. Mart · (#1)

Hello,

I am genuinely new to this forum so any assistance I can get is appreciated

I was recently given an old sword that belonged to my great great grandfather or so I was told. Sorry but no pics at this time, I'll try to get some up ASAP.

The sword is 22 1/4 inches from end to end, the guard makes kind of an "S" shape looking like a wave with the marks "F.A.6.5." on it (some sort of soldier's ID I would think) On the other side of the guard is an S with a crown over it, inverted.

The spine of the blade has a W with a crown above it, a 14 below that, and then an S with a crown over it. It also says "P.D. Luneschloss Solingen"

The Scabbard looks very beat up, it's leather with a metal end with a ball on the tip, with the marks "2.9.A.E.1.1." all of various sizes and mismatched.

I know my info isn't the best and I'll get pics up as quickly as possible, but any information about this sword would be appreciated -- the only info I could come across is Luneschloss as the maker and Solingen as the city it's from (or maybe that isn't even right

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Thanks!

George Wheeler · (#2)

It is difficullt to tell what you have from the description. Please post a photo and we can better help you with the identification.

Having said that, it seems you have an Artillery short sword that was made by Luneschloss in Solingen as you surmise. The mismatched markings seem to indicate a Field Artillery unit and a replacement Artillery unit scabbard respectively.

T. Mart · (#3)

Finally got pics....sorry it's been so long, but any help ID'ing this sword would be much appreciated!!

thomas pludra · (#4)

Hello,
I think, the weapon you´ve got there is a
"Faschinenmesser M1852"
The stamp W14 on the spine tells us that this weapon was issued in 1914. At that time (up to WW1) those "Faschinenmesser" were only in use in "Württemberg". This would match to the stamps on the handle: F.A.65 could be "(4. Württembergisches) Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr.65" in Ludwigsburg/Württemberg.
It belonged to the 26. Feld-Art.-Brigade, 26.Division of the XIII. Armeekorps.

For the stamps on the scabbard I would try a guess:
Maybe 29.Artillerie Ersatz Bataillon 1.Kompanie Waffe Nr 1 (???? it really is only a guess???)

Interesting piece- Congrats
Cheers
Thomas