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Thursday 30 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A "chasseur a cheval" trooper's sabre, 1859

Estimate

€ 500 - 800

Sold

€ 1.500

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Regno delle Due Sicilie
length 101,5 cm
Wide, strong, curved, single-and short false-edged blade, with fuller for almost its entire length. With mark of the Royal Manufacture of Naples, stamp "SD" and date "1859" at the tang. Brass hilt with guard provided with three additional loop-guards, marked "R" and with another mark not clearly legible. Short cap. Grip with antique leather covering (cracks) and with brass braid wire binding. Iron scabbard with two lugs. Some pitting to the blade and slight roughness to the scabbard but generally well preserved. Very rare. See a similar example of this interesting weapon described and photographed in "L'Esercito Borbonico dal 1830 al 1861" AA. VV. (Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito, Rome 1998), Volume II, pp. 348-349.