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A BRITISH M1796 LIGHT CAVALRY SABER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 350.00 USD
A BRITISH M1796 LIGHT CAVALRY SABER
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
Of characteristic form with steel stirrup hilt and ribbed wooden grip, the broad, curved, single-edged blade with hatchet tip and central fuller.Retains its regulation steel scabbard.Beginning of the 19th century. Areas of light to moderate pitting, most grip leather lacking. Overall length 97.6 cm. Condition III