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Three Military Swords, And A Small Group Of MilitariaMostly 19th Century
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,625 inc. premium
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Mostly 19th Century
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
The first 84.5 cm. blade








