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Lot 347
An Infantry Officer's SwordEarly 19th Century
1 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £576 inc. premium
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Early 19th Century
Early 19th Century
With curved single-edged blade (some pitting overall), brass stirrup hilt retaining faint traces of original gilding and comprising shield-shaped langets each with a lion-mask, rear quillon, knuckle-guard pierced with entwined snakes and incorporating a further lion-mask, plain pommel and back-piece in one, and ribbed bone grip (wire binding missing), in brown leather scabbard with linear engraved brass locket and chape, the former with frog-stud
75 cm. blade
75 cm. blade




