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Thursday 30 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A lancer's sabre of the 4th Squadron, 1839

Estimate

€ 250 - 400

Sold

€ 350

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Regno delle Due Sicilie
length 106,5 cm
Curved, single-and-false-edged blade with wide central fuller and back groove, with the mark of the Royal Factory on one side of the tang, and "B" mark and date "1839" on the other side. Brass hilt marked "4S. 67." and numbered. Leather-covered, wooden grip, with brass wire binding. Cap with remains of numbers. Iron scabbard (some pitting) with two lugs, numbered like the quillon. See a similar item published in "Armi Bianche Napoletane 1800 - 1860" by Tiziano Tonelli and P. Conti, page 73.