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A Spanish Grenadier's SwordDated 1788
6 April 2006, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £312 inc. premium
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Dated 1788
Dated 1788
With tapering blade of flattened hexagonal section stamped with crowned 'R' mark and 'Cs. III' along one side of the forte, and 'D. To. 1788' on the other, regulation steel hilt with up-turned shell-guard, knuckle-guard and side-guard linked together by a scrolled bar, short rear quillon, thumb-ring, and cord-bound leather-covered wooden grip (leather incomplete, surface rust overall)
94 cm. blade
94 cm. blade
Footnotes
The blade markings refer to King Carlos III of Spain who reigned from 1759 until his death in 1788








