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Thursday 12 December 2024 e Friday 13 December 2024, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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An 1878 civil officer small sword, Late 19th Century

Estimate

€ 150 - 250

Sold

€ 375

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

length 89 cm.
Straight blade with fuller (pitting and signs of cleaning). Brass hilt with shell-guard featuring Austrian imperial eagle in relief, guard worked as a snake coiled round oak branches, ring nut with motto "VIRIBUS UNITIS". Mother-of-pearl grip scales (a few cracks on the back side). Pommel shaped as a lion's head. Leather scabbard (defects and small damaged parts) with brass mounts featuring remains of gilding.