Manding sword with German blade

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Originally Posted by Iain

Thanks for the pictures, can more or less make out the marks now. Very odd, have to wonder where this blade was destined for originally. Any chance the Native American scene was added later? Or does it look original to the blade?

I'm afraid I don't know much about Holler as a maker except that the firm produced a lot of WWII era blades.

It does look contemporary with the blade ... looking on the internet I found an American dealer in American Civil War swords who had a Confederate sabre with a similar blade made by Holler .. so maybe it is ex ACW .