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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 sword with belt, Late 19th Century

Estimate

€ 250 - 400

Sold

€ 813

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

length 89,2 cm.
Straight blade with fuller. Brass hilt. Shell-guard with Austrian imperial emblem in relief, guard with snake coiled around oak branches. Ring nut and grip bands with floral decorations. Pommel shaped as a lion's head with palmettes at the base. Mother-of-pearl grip scales. Leather scabbard with brass mounts. Complete with the rare belt frog with strap, of red leather covered with gilded threads (small signs of use and time), provided with brass mounts and "S"-shaped buckle.