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Thursday 30 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A Grenadier of the Royal Guard officer's smallsword, 1840-60

Estimate

€ 150 - 250

Sold

€ 750

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Regno delle Due Sicilie
length 91,7 cm
Double-edged blade of hexagonal section, with small engravings at the forte. Signs of time. Bronze-coloured metal hilt with traces of gilding. Shell-guard with flaming grenade in relief numbered "2" and placed on flags. Grooved horn grip, cap with fuller, guard with lion's head at the center. See a similar example described and photographed in "L'Esercito Borbonico dal 1830 al 1861" Volume II, pp. 160-161. Various authors, ed. Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito, Rome 1998.