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A NAPOLEONIC CAVALRY OFFICR’S SABER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:1,500.00 - 1,700.00 USD
A NAPOLEONIC CAVALRY OFFICR’S 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...
Likely Prussian, with three-bar guard and ribbed leather grip with twisted copper wire wrap. The exceptionally long, lightly-curved blade with broad central fuller etched with stands of arms and flowers, gilded and blued. In its brass scabbard with twin suspension bands and iron frog. Early 19th century. Toning to blade, minor scuffing to scabbard, chape pitted. Overall length 94 cm.
Condition II