Good evening gentleman, hope I find you all well. I wonder if anyone out there can translate the dedication on this sword, I can hardly read it! if the picture is not clear enough I will take separate pics of each word.

I do not think anyone is going to be able too read that unless you take better pictures of it.I can say this,its a good looking sword.

Agree, good looking sword, but please - word for word.

Great blade!! Take the pics outside, you`ll get better results.

"Seinem hochverehrten Führer Hauptmann d ? ? ? Ra(o?)ssenbeck / in Dankbarkeit gewidmet Kreisverband Wiedenbrück 23. Juni 1935".
Transl.: "To the highly devoted leader captain ? ? ? Ra(o?)ssenbeck / dedicated in gratitude (by the) district assiciation (of) Weidenbrück 23. June 1935".
Regards,

Thank you wotan. Sorry everybody, will try and take some better photos. Outside mrfabulous, it's raining, this is England!

Sorry for the delay, due to unforeseen commitments. I hope these pictures are clearer, I find this script very difficult. The sword in question is listed in Angolia's book at the top of page 84 as a Weimar period model. The proof mark is the same as a mark in Degen's excellent Eickhorn reference, this being under dress bayonets, top row, second right, the rather well fed rodent in a double oval.

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Beautiful etching. Nice to see.

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looks like you got a beutiful sword there. Can you post a pic. of the hilt.

Thank you, will take some pics tomorrow

Thank you lar, more pics

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I use to date this one

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