Original German WWII Early War Bullion Embroidered Panzer Officer Breast Eagle Insignia Display Guns & Parts Sets Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 57

Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 57

It still has the original  exterior paint

Additionally the tsuka (handle) and both sides of the blade tang are marked ホ 七 四

There is also some of this finish on the hilt

Original German WWII Early War Bullion Embroidered Panzer Officer Breast Eagle Insignia Display Guns & Parts Sets Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 57Original Items: Only One Set Available. The term panzer division (German: Panzerdivision) as commonly used in English language refers almost exclusively to the armored (tank) division in the army branch of the Wehrmacht and of NSDAP Germany during World War II. The panzer divisions were the key element of German success in the Blitzkrieg operations of the early years of the war. Later the Waffen SS formed panzer divisions, and even the Luftwaffe