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LOT 1464
Kriegsmarine WWI German Naval Officer's Sword
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
34 1/2 in. (728 grams, 87.5 cm).
Comprising a slender single-edged blade with etched maritime design; the hilt composed of a ribbed bone handle, a lion-head pommel, and an ornate guard with a folding edge to one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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