Rare WW2 German Army NCO’s / Enlisted Ranks Sword with Triple Etched Blade for Artillery Regiment No22, fine example of a standard enlisted ranks sword with plain mounts, black celluloid grip with the wire binding. Housed in its blackened scabbard with single hanging ring. The sword has a rare Third Reich period triple etched blade with regimental details of ‘Artillerie Regiment No 22 II.Abt’ with foliage and the reverse of the blade also etched with foliage and panel with scene of mounted Artillery troops flanked by two down winged German army (heer) pattern eagles and swastikas. Etching to the spine of the blade also. The blade measures 80cms, overall 101cms. Examples of etched blades from the Third Reich period are very hard to find on dress swords compared to those of the Imperial German and Weimar period. In WW2 they tended to etch parade bayonets over swords as momentos of service. The 22nd Artillery regiment was part of the22nd Infantry Division, which soon became the22nd Air Landing Division, was a specialized German infantry division. Its primary method of transportation was gliders. The division played a significant role in the development of modern dayair assaultoperations. Towards the end of the war, the formation was reshaped into the22nd Volksgrenadier Division.