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LOT 1461
British Cavalry Trooper's Sword
1885 A.D. PATTERN
40 3/4 in. (1.76 kg, 103.5 cm).
A British trooper's backsword comprising a slightly curved single-edged blade with a deep fuller to each face, iron hilt with D-shaped pierced guard, leather-covered grip and bulb pommel; stamped on one face of the blade at the ricasso with 'WD' and broad arrow, crown over 'S12', crown over 'E12 YC' and to the other face '/86' over 'Baum & Co. [Sol]ingen'; scabbard with cast frog with securing srewws and stamped '/88 WD' and arrow; integral reinforced chape. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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