SMF production, with a 28 1/4" straight single fuller blade. Aged fittings with brass "sunwheel" pattern swastikas on the guard and pommel, oak leaf engraving around the pommel and wire wrapped blue leather grip. With a blue leather covered sheath, engraved on the throat with a pair of palm trees over "Unscren/ Leutnant/ Ernst-Wilhelm/ Reinert/ Ein dreifaches/ "Hoch"/ z.150 Luftsieg/ uber Wustensand", roughly a commemoration of 150 air victories over the "desert sands", in this case the Sahara Desert. Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert was a Luftwaffe fighter ace, who scored 174 confirmed air kills, 103 of those on the Eastern Front, also seeing action in Africa, Italy and the Western Front, and would become a member of JG7, the world's first operational jet fighter wing. Surviving the war, Reinert spent some time in business before joining the West German Bundeswehr, where he would serve until his retirement in the 1970s. The Knights Cross was awarded 1 July 1942 for actions in support of Operation Barbarossa, later receiving the Oak Leaves on 7 October 1942 and the Swords on 1 February 1945. Other awards issued to Reinert include the wounded Badge (Silver), Luftwaffe Honor Goblet, Iron Cross (First Class) and the German Cross in Gold.

Very fine, with some mild spotting and handling marks on the blade, light wear on the leather, and some fraying and corrosion of the wire. Sheath is fine, with some separation of the leather, scuffs, and mild wear.