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Lot 77

Three Military Swords, And A Small Group Of Militaria
Mostly 19th Century

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Three Military Swords, And A Small Group Of Militaria
Mostly 19th Century

Comprising a sabre of the King's Legion, with curved fullered blade, one side at the forte etched with 'GR' crowned between a martial trophy and 'Sieg oder tod', and on the other with a German cross over a wreath and inscribed 'Mit Goft für König und Vaterland', steel stirrup hilt, and wire-bound leather-covered grip; a constabulary sidearm with curved fullered blade double-edged at the point, brass stirrup hilt, and spirally grooved fishskin-covered grip (minor damage, wire binding missing); a French Infantry sidearm with brass hilt (blade pitted); a Continental bicorn hat of black felt (some wear); a Prussian other ranks picklehaube, late 19th/early 20th century, with gilt eagle frontal plate (damaged, peaks loose, spike and top mount detached); and a pair of decorative silvered copper vambraces and greaves, each with applied cast, pierced and chased foliage (minor losses) within applied borders of beadwork (9)
The first 84.5 cm. blade

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