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Lot 77

Six Military Swords
Mostly 19th Century

Antique Arms and Armour

17 May 2017, 13:00 BST

London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,062.50 inc. premium

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Six Military Swords
Mostly 19th Century

Comprising a George V R.A.F. officer's sword of regulation pattern, retailed by Burberry's, Haymarket, London S.W., 20th century, with etched fullered blade, gilt hilt pierced and chiselled with foliage incorporating crowned 'GRV' cypher, and with ovoidal crowned eagle badge, eagle-head pommel, wire-bound fish skin-covered grip, and retaining its bullion sword-knot, in original black leather scabbard with gilt-brass mounts and two rings for suspension, and retaining nearly all its original gilding; an 1822 pattern infantry officer's levee sword, of regulation pattern, with slender fullered blade, gilt-brass hilt with pierced crowned 'VR' cypher, and wire-bound fish skin-covered grip; an 1895 pattern infantry officer's sword of regulation pattern, with etched fullered blade with indistinct retailer's details on one side of the forte, and pierced steel hilt with crowned 'VR' cypher, in its steel scabbard with two rings for suspension (grip missing, surface rust overall); a George V royal artillery officer's sword of regulation pattern, retailed by Fenton Brothers Ltd., Sheffield, Sword Cutlers To The War Officer, the etched fullered blade including owner's name 'F.C. Martyn, R.F.A.' (one hilt bar broken, wire binding loose), in the remains of its field service scabbard; a 1796 pattern light cavalry trooper's sabre of regulation pattern, with fullered blade (some rust staining), and stirrup hilt (surface rust, grip incomplete), in its steel scabbard with two rings for suspension (some pitting, now painted black); and an Imperial German artillery officer's sword, the blade etched along one side with a gun carriage and artillerymen on horseback, and on the other with the inscription '2. Reit Butt. Field Art. Regt. v. Scharnhorft (I. Hannon) No. 10', nickel-plated stirrup-hilt, and wire-bound fish skin-covered grip (6)
The first 83 cm. blade

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