Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A RARE GARDE DE HESSEN-DARMSTADT CAVALRY
DEGEN, CIRCA 1750-68
with straight double-edged blade of hollow-hexagonal
section, inscribed ‘Garde de Hesse’ on each side, rectangular
forte, silvered hilt of pallasch form cast in low relief,
comprising short quillon, frontal guard cast with the crowned
monogram of Landgraf Ludwig VIII (1739-1768), knuckleguard
joined to the frontal guard by a pair of curved bars, and
back-strap rising to a lionhead pommel, and the grip bound
with silvered wire, probably the original (small areas of wear)
87.5cm; 34I in blade
£800-100
101
A GERMAN OFFICER’S DEGEN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with fine blade cut with a broad fuller filled by three shorter
fullers over the lower half, the latter each pierced with a
series of slotted circles and decorated with etched and gilt
scrolls and trophies on a blued panel, gilt-brass stirrup hilt,
engraved with the initials ‘G. v. K. G.F. R’ on the inner langet
and applied with a silvered garde star on the outer, wirebound
fishskin-covered grip, in its steel scabbard
75cm; 29K in blade
£300-350
102
A PRUSSIAN INFANTRY OFFICER’S DEGEN, SECOND
QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY
with straight fullered blade double-edged towards the point
and etched with foliage over the lower portion, brass
regulation hilt including double shell-guard (each bent upwards),
and urn-shaped pommel cast with acanthus (the grip
binding loose and with losses), in its brass-mounted leather
scabbard; ANOTHER, MID-19TH CENTURY, with straight
fullered blade double-edged at the point, in its brassmounted
leather scabbard (the belt-hook now detached)
the first: 83.5cm; 32P in blade
(2)
£150-200
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