VINTAGE 1800s GERMAN SWORD / CUTLASS MADE FOR ARGENTINE ARMY BY W.K.C., SOLINGEN

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VINTAGE 1800's GERMAN SWORD / CUTLASS MADE FOR ARGENTINE ARMY BY W.K.C., SOLINGEN The blade is engraved with: WEYERSBERG KIRSCHBAUM & Co SOLINGEN (gallery photos 5 & 6) and an A with a small cross on top (gallery photo 4). The handle is engraved with the number: 3089 (gallery photo 9). The guard is engraved with an encircled R.A. (gallery photo 12). Information (a crest?) has been ground from the top of the guard (gallery photos 10 & 11) and a name from the blade (gallery photos 7 & 8). The last word removed from the blade appears to be: ARGENTINO APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS: L.O.A. ~ 32.0" (81.3 cm) Blade Length ~ 26.25" (66.7 cm) Blade Width (adjacent to guard/handle) ~ 0.31" (7.94 mm) Blade Height (adjacent to guard/handle) ~ 1.44" (36.58 mm) WEIGHT ~ 2 lbs 10 oz (1.2 kg) RESEARCH INFORMATION (the swords pictured below are in example only): Swords & Bayonets - Militariarg. (link to image source and other related information) German artillery sword made for the Argentine army by Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Co Solingen circa 1880. Binnerbini Collection. Argentine Cutlass - Swords - Collecto (link to image below & other information) "Blade is short at 26 3/8 inches and very thick, fullered one side, flat the other. Made in Germany by Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Co, Solingen for Argentina. The Argentine crest is ground off the guard but the read more