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Kriegsmarine WWI German Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard Kriegsmarine WWI German Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard Kriegsmarine WWI German Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard
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LOT 1384

Kriegsmarine WWI German Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard

EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.

35 7/8 in. (778 grams total, 91 cm).

Comprising a slender single-edged blade with etched designs; the hilt composed of a wire-bound ribbed bone handle, a lion-head pommel with inset eyes, and an ornate guard with folding edges, one side with a socket for securing the scabbard; accompanied a leather scabbard with ornate metal fittings. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.

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LOT 1384

Kriegsmarine WWI German Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

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