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Lot 89Ф,Y
Three Military Sabres19th Century And Later
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,250 inc. premium
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19th Century And Later
19th Century And Later
Comprising an officer's sabre with curved blade (some rust patination) double-edged at the point and etched over half its length on both sides with crowned 'GR' cypher, post-1801 royal arms, a martial trophy and foliage, gilt-copper stirrup hilt with downscrolled lobed rear quillon, langets engraved with owner's crest and motto on one, and with monogram on the other, rounded pommel and back-piece in one, and ribbed ivory grip (damaged, wire-binding missing), in original brass scabbard retaining some gilding and engraved at a later date on one side 'King & Country, Presented To Lieut. Albert G. Fleetwood By The Men Of The Birmingham Light Horse Serving Him Loyal & True March 1806 AD', and with two fixed rings for suspension; an officer's sabre with curved blade bright towards the double-edged at the point and etched with foliage and a lion rampant beneath a wreath on one side, and with further foliage and a martial trophy on the other, the remainder of the blade etched and gilt against a blued ground on one side with foliage, post-1801 royal arms and 'Warranted' on a foliate scroll, and on the other with a Classical trophy of arms and foliage, later hilt including knuckle-guard and rear quillon formed as a coiled snake, and wire-bound ivory grip (old splits), in original black leather scabbard (some damage and crazing), with shaped linear engraved gilt-brass mounts, and two rings for suspension; and a Continental sabre with curved fullered blade (polished bright), and heavy brass hilt, the pommel cast in the round as the head of Mars, in its leather-covered steel scabbard with two rings for suspension (3)
The first 70.5 cm. blade, the second 76 cm. blade
The first 70.5 cm. blade, the second 76 cm. blade








