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LOT 1472
Kriegsmarine WWI German Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
36 5/8 in. (847 grams total, 93 cm).
Comprising a slender single-edged blade with etched maritime designs; the hilt composed of a wire-bound ribbed bone handle, a lion-head pommel with inset eyes (one absent), and an ornate guard with folding edges, one side with a socket for securing the scabbard; accompanied by 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 1472
Kriegsmarine WWI German Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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