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LOT 1504
Naval Officer's Dress Sword with Belt
19TH CENTURY A.D.
37 1/4 in. (1.34 kg, 94.7 cm).
Classic 1827 Pattern dress sword in scabbard, comprising brass lion-head pommel, half-basket-hilt with folding guard and fouled anchor motif to underside, wire-bound fishskin grip, sword-knot tied through slot in the knuckle-bow; etched, pipe-backed steel blade with the Royal Arms and Crown/Anchor, housed in a leather scabbard with brass fittings; suspension straps and waist-belt with navy-pattern buckle. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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