This sword is a variant of a common infantry officer's sword common in Europe from the mid to late 1700s into the 1900s. It is very similar to the English Pattern 1796 Short Saber - in use at the time of the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 - and the Prussian Infantry Officer's Sword of the late 1700s and the 1800s.

This particular sword is associated with Denmark but was manufactured in Germany by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum, and Company (WK&C) of Solingen. The logo or stamp used by this company was the Gebruder Weyersberg "King's Head" left of the W.R. Kirschbaum "Knight's Head." This combination dates the sword as post-1882, as these two merged in 1883.

Overall length is about 37" to 38";

Hilt is mostly of gilt-brass, with wire wrap occasionally found; crossguard is a bilobate clamshell in design.

Straight, single-edged (stopped at ricasso), fullered blade is ~32" to 33" in length, ~1" wide at ricasso.
This example is marked WK&C as noted above.

Scabbards were of brass mounted leather.