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A very scarce hussar's sabre of the Principality of Ansbach and Bayreuth, Second half of the 18th Century
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€ 2.500 - 3.500
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€ 5.750
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Principato di Ansbach e Bayreuth
length 98 cm
Wide, curved, single-and-false-edged blade (with dents due to fighting), with fuller at the center. The first part flat and engraved with the royal monogram "CFCA" for "Christian Friedrich Carl Alexander" (1757 - 1791) between the inscription "OMNIA EX AMORE" and "NIHIL EX TIMORE" on the right side, and on the other side a hussar on horseback between the inscription "FORTUNA FAVENSEND TOLLER" and "FORTUNA TONIC NON MEIGO". One-quillon, brass hilt with sheath-guard wings, long cap and wooden grip covered with brass and copper wire binding. Wooden scabbard with wide, smooth, brass mounts, the opening lined with leather (small missing parts and signs of time). Iron drag and suspension rings, one ring with iron base and one with brass base. The hussar corps of the Principality of Ansbach and Bayreuth was very small and therefore only very few examples of this sabre exist. In 1792, the Principality was ceded to Prussia. The sabre is published in the magazine to Diana Armi no. 12 December 2006 "Classica" edited by Cesare Calamandrei, and accurately described and illustrated, pages 24-27 with text by Tiziano Torelli. A copy of the magazine comes with the sabre.
length 98 cm
Wide, curved, single-and-false-edged blade (with dents due to fighting), with fuller at the center. The first part flat and engraved with the royal monogram "CFCA" for "Christian Friedrich Carl Alexander" (1757 - 1791) between the inscription "OMNIA EX AMORE" and "NIHIL EX TIMORE" on the right side, and on the other side a hussar on horseback between the inscription "FORTUNA FAVENSEND TOLLER" and "FORTUNA TONIC NON MEIGO". One-quillon, brass hilt with sheath-guard wings, long cap and wooden grip covered with brass and copper wire binding. Wooden scabbard with wide, smooth, brass mounts, the opening lined with leather (small missing parts and signs of time). Iron drag and suspension rings, one ring with iron base and one with brass base. The hussar corps of the Principality of Ansbach and Bayreuth was very small and therefore only very few examples of this sabre exist. In 1792, the Principality was ceded to Prussia. The sabre is published in the magazine to Diana Armi no. 12 December 2006 "Classica" edited by Cesare Calamandrei, and accurately described and illustrated, pages 24-27 with text by Tiziano Torelli. A copy of the magazine comes with the sabre.