Senior Forestry Hirschfänger w/Ivory Grip & V-Notch Frog. Ernst Pack & Söhne G.m.b.H. Waffenfabrik, Solingen, large Seigfried Waffen TM. An illustration of this pattern Hirschfänger, recently obtained in Germany appears in the reprint of the Ernst Pack & Söhne Sales Catalog on page 173, upper of Collecting The Edged Weapons of The Third Reich Volume II as Nr. 18. Gold washed brass hilt fittings show surface wear primarily to the gold wash on the plain hilt spine, but little wear to unadorned knuckle-bow and crossguard with stag hoof quillon, and fluted clamshell. Off-white, nicely toned, genuine ivory grip plates show light surface wear with no cracks or chips, and are complete with three acorns without oak leaves on both obverse and reverse grip plates. Polished, double-etched blade measuring 12 ¾" in length grades EX+ showing virtually no surface wear/runner marks, but with some gray shadowing, but no pitting or nicks to cutting edge and is complete with green felt blade buffer pad. Both obverse and reverse blade feature 8 ¼" long etched panels with an Auerhahn and stag head flanking hunting scenes of stag and doe, foxes and hunting dog as illustrated on page 176 of the above reference. Both panels retain 100% of the light gray background frosting as well as to the laurel leaf motif on the blade spine. Black, fine grained leather covered scabbard shows light surface wear with no dents, rips or tears and no damage to the reverse stitching. Dent-free, upper and lower gold washed, brass fittings show surface wear/age patina with both upper and lower reverse retaining staples present. Green leather v-notch frog grades EX++ showing light wear, but no rips or tears with portions of green felt backing remaining. Nice Ernst Pack example. Exc+/Exc++ (24341) $1,750.