Help identify

I'm sorry to bother, by any chance, if anyone would be able to help me identify this sword I'd appreciate it, so far I think it's from Austrian empire but would love to know more ,thank you

 

Welcome, Mimi. Think the member you need may be @anundverkaufen

 

Interesting......the guard and grip look a little repro...or fantasy to me....at the moment.....but to judge any sword....ya gotta look hard at the blade !

 

With the porosity in the guard and lack of removing casting residue on the handle,I don't know of any military allowing a substandard piece.

 

a bit obscure.
but I'd research the crest. left is Serbia, right is Croatia, middle Slowenia.
Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1920 - 1937.

 

Thank you for all of your time and wise inputs. Appreciate it . I'm almost positive sword belongs to grandfather since he's been in Austrian army( we're Slovenian) , found a bit of a treasure box in a hidden part of attic , with mein kampf and some bullets and letters and two swords, this one was quite mesmerising in particular , I'll try upload a little more tomorrow

 

I've taken photos in a rush, silly of me to forget that, apologies, will try to show more after some sleep, thanks so much !

 

sweet dreams.....

 

Sword 1

 

Sword 2

 

Got the inside photo in first post, had to resize images down since I'm on phone so it allowed to upload here haha

 

Dare to guess, yugoslavian cavalry is all I would research for, but not sure since both grandfather and his brother were in army for both ww, I'm just trying to learn what I got to appreciate

 

your grampa might have fought for Austria in WWI. but then it was

with a Mein Kampf you'd need to know where exactly they are from. things were VERY complicated in the border region between Kärnten and Slovenja, because in WWI they were still fighting on one side; after 1918 the old Habsburg Empire was split up into Deutsch-Österreich and the new national states. in WWII the German-speaking minorities on the Balkans - who were really former Austrians - were looked upon as Germans since 1938 and forced into Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS after 1941. so - nobody said it was easy.

 

G.Gesch. would be Gesetzlich Geschützt or "design protected by law". could very well be because the head resembles different German makings like Bavaria, Hessia etc.

 

well now it looks like a sword.....and both look legit........from here..!!

 

Correct