Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A CONTINENTAL CAVALRY SWORD, SECOND QUARTER
OF THE 19TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR FRENCH
with curved fullered blade by Schelbusch & Sohn in
Solingen, etched with trophies and foliage, brass triple-bar
hilt including cap pommel extending to for the back-strap,
and a pair of long oval langets; A CONTINENTAL CAVALRY
OFFICER’S SWORD, DATED 1889, with curved fullered
blade, gilt-brass triple-bar hilt including cap pommel, and
leather grip bound with brass wire, in its steel scabbard;
the first: 85cm; 33I in blade
(2)
£250-300
85
A CONTINENTAL CAVALRY SWORD, MID-19TH CENTURY
with curved fullered blade, brass triple-bar hilt, and leathercovered
wooden grip, in its steel scabbard; and ANOTHER,
MID-19TH CENTURY, with pipe-backed blade, brass triplebar
hilt, and later grip
the first: 87.5cm; 34I in blade
(2)
£250-300
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A CONTINENTAL INFANTRY SWORD, SECOND HALF OF
THE 19TH CENTURY
with curved fullered blade, brass stirrup hilt formed with an
additional outer bar, and banded horn grip, in its steel
scabbard; A BELGIAN OFFICER’S SWORD, MID-20TH
CENTURY, with pipe-backed blade etched with the
crowned Royal cypher of Leopold III (reigned 1934-51), and
a patriotic inscription, gilt-brass hilt cast with laurel foliage,
in its polished steel scabbard; A CONTINENTAL OFFICER’S
SWORD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, with German
polished pipe-backed blade, gilt-brass four-bar hilt cast with
laurel foliage, in its steel scabbard
the first: 80.5cm; 31N in blade
(3)
£250-300