A Tyrolean Heimatwehr Long Service Badge Hold this sword features an 865

this sword features an 865 mm long

with a newspaper photograph of Kenney in uniform

owned by wealthy businessman John Ernest Stern of New York

followed by training at No

He also had a brother who served during World War I

A Tyrolean Heimatwehr Long Service Badge Hold this sword features an 865A 15 Jahre Tiroler Heimatwehr (Fifteen Year Tyrolean Home Guard) Long Service badge; in tombac with green and white enamels; vertical pinback; unmarked; measuring 65 mm x 43 mm; slightly bent with missing chips of enamel; otherwise fine condition. Footnote: The Heimatwehr or Heimwehr (Home Guard) were a nationalist, initially paramilitary group operating within Austria during the 1920s and 1930s. They were similar to Germanys Freikorps.