Presentation M-89 Infantry Degen w/Etched Blade. Ewald Cleff, Solingen TM. Unadorned gilted brass hilt fittings show light surface wear to pommel and pommel cap, as well as the 3-finger knuckle-bow and non-folding handguard with Imperial eagle and royal cypher. Traces of gilting remain in the recesses of the eagle and to the underside of the crossguard. Grip is complete with leather fingerloop which shows wear and aging to leather. Straight, plated, double-fullered, double-etched blade measuring 32" in length grades excellent+/excellent++, showing light surface wear/runner marks and some gray speckling to both obverse and reverse ricasso. Is complete with off-white leather blade buffer pad. Obverse blade features a 9 ¾" long floral etch panel with the ricasso marked, "Eisenhauer" in raised Gothic letters, as well as a 3-line presentation inscription in the central panel, "Hauptmann Golden zum Andenken an das Infanterie-Regiment Graf Dönhoff (7. Ostpreuss.) No 44.1870-1893." (Captain Golden as a keepsake by Infantry Regiment Count Dönhoff (7th East Prussian) No. 44, 1870-1893). Reverse blade features a 9 ¾" long etch panel with floral motif. Blade is complete with an etched spine with "Ewald Cleff, Solingen" in raised letters on the upper spine adjacent to the crossguard. Straight steel scabbard with double suspension bands and rings retains 100% of its repainted black enamel, with one faint depression on obverse near the tip/drag. A photocopy of the 1892 Imperial Prussian Army ranklist showing Captain Golden as an "a la suite" officer in the Regiment assigned to the NCO school in Biebrich is included with the sword. Exc+ (19862) $1,495.