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Thursday 30 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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An dragoons senior officer's sabre, 1860-70

Estimate

€ 150 - 250

Sold

€ 350

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Stato Pontificio
length 105 cm
A French-style sabre. Curved, single-and short false-edged blade, with fuller over almost its entire length and with groove near the back in the middle segment, bearing a "J" mark at the base. Brass hilt with guard provided with two additional quillons, decorated with leaves in relief. Short cap with laurel fronds. Brown horn grip with brass wire binding. Iron scabbard (a few signs of use and bump) with two lugs. See a similar example in "Storia dell'Arma Bianca Italiana" by C. Calamandrei (Ed. Olimpia 1999), page 437, with photo.