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Lot 144
A Cavalry Trooper's Basket-Hilted BackswordLate 18th Century
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge£500 - £650
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Find your local specialistA Cavalry Trooper's Basket-Hilted Backsword
Late 18th Century
Late 18th Century
With tapering blade double-edged towards the point (slightly adapted) and cut with a double fuller along the back for most of its length on each side, iron guard of flattered bars with a large saltire on each side, stamped with obsolete mark and joined at the top to a ring beneath the pommel (one bar detached), the side panels each with 'ram's horn' terminal, fore-guards, bun-shaped pommel, and fishskin-covered grip spirally bound with a strand of twisted brass wire (some rust patination overall)
84.4 cm. blade
84.4 cm. blade








