VINTAGE/PRESENTATION M1922 WESTPOINT
EICKHORN SWORD/SCABBARD SET READ/SEE ALL-
1981 WESTPOINT MODEL 1922 EICKHORN SWORD
& SCABBARD- PRESENTED TO MR. CHARLES YEE, OF CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN,
FROM GRADUATING WESTPOINT CADET (CLASS OF 1981) JAMES A. BEDERKA, OF LIVONIA,
MICHIGAN.
CADET BEDERKA (B1958-D2010). WAS ASSISTED WHILE AT WESTPOINT BY MR.
CHARLES R. YEE (B1936-D2024) - A PROMINENT MICHIGAN BUSINESSMAN AND PATRIOT.
CADET BEDERKA STUDIED CHINESE LANGUAGE
& CULTURE AT WEST POINT.
MR. YEE AIDED HIM IN THIS & OTHER
MATTERS.
THIS PRESENTATION SWORD WAS MADE BY THE
PREMIER GERMAN SWORDSMITHS, AT EICKHORN, OF SOLINGEN, GERMANY. CARL EICKHORN
SWORDS AND MILITARY DAGGERS ARE CONSIDERED AMONG THE FINEST IN THE WORLD.
VINTAGE EICKHORN SWORDS/DAGGERS/KNIVES ARE
BOTH EXPENSIVE AND SOUGHT AFTER IN THE COLLECTOR MARKET. (I AM A COLLECTOR-
THIS IS MY FIRST EICKHORN).
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST VINTAGE EXAMPLES I HAVE SEEN- ANYWHERE.
THIS IS A VIRTUALLY PRISTINE/MINT VINTAGE
SET, AND A SOURCE OF OBVIOUS PRIDE TO MR. YEE- AND TO CADET BEDERKA. MY
RESEARCH SHOWS THIS TO BE A WEST POINT MODEL 1922 (M1922). THE MODEL 1922 IS
STILL WESTPOINT’S CADET TYPE.
U.S.M.A. CADET SWORDS ARE COPYRIGHTED BY
THE ACADEMY, AND ARE ONLY SOLD AT THE ACADEMY’S CADET STORE- ANY CADET OR ALUMNUS IS
AT LIBERTY TO PURCHASE A NEW SWORD FOR PERSONAL USE.
FINE GERMAN SWORDSMITHS, E&F HORTSER,
EICKHORN & WKC ARE ALL KNOWN MAKERS ON THE MODEL 1922- EICKHORN WAS A
PRIMARY SUPPLIER IN THE LATE 1970’S EARLY 1980’S- AND WKC OF GERMANY IS THE
CURRENT SUPPLIER.
THIS IS A 1981 UNITED STATES MILITARY
ACADEMY VINTAGE MODEL 1922 EICKHORN SWORD & SCABBARD SET, CUSTOM MOUNTED IN
WALNUT FRAMED AND BLACK VELVET, PRESENTATION WITH ENGRAVED WESTPOINT PLAQUE- READY TO HANG- DUAL MOUNTING BRACKETS ARE ON
THE REVERSE SIDE-
Overall length of
sword is 35-3/4", blade is 30" long. WITH A VERY FINE WALL MOUNTED
WALNUT DISPLAY CASE-Display case is 39-3/8" x 10-3/8" x 1-3/4"
THE CHARLES YEE COLLECTION.