Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A GERMAN PIONEER’S SHORTSWORD, DATED 1831
with broad blade formed with a saw-back and stamped on
the back-edge at the forte, regulation brass hilt, in its
leather scabbard with long brass belt hook stamped with
arsenal numbers (chape missing)
50cm; 19N in blade
£100-150
131
A CONTINENTAL BRASS SHORTSWORD, SECOND HALF
OF THE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN
based on the French model 1816 briquet, the hilt stamped
with two marks, ‘L’ crowned and ‘NB’ crowned, in its
regulation black leather scabbard embossed with arsenal
numbers, brass locket, and fitted with a steel ball at the tip
59.8cm; 23I in blade
£100-150
132
A RUSSIAN COSSACK MODEL 1908 KINDJAL, DATED
1913
the blade stamped with the date and arsenal markings at
the forte, in its scabbard with suspension mount
59cm; 23D in
£60-80
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