An Infantry Officer's Sabre (sabre d'officier
The fullered blade double edged at the tip, blued, etched, gilt and marked at the forte "S.H.F." (Samuel Hoppe Freres, Solingen). On the back marked with struck number "XX" Brass knuckle-bow hilt (designed after German design) with three parallel side bars, backstrap rising to a lion's head pommel. Leather-covered handle wrapped with twisted and smooth wire bearing remnants of gilding. The steel scabbard with two movable suspension rings is brass plated with. French, the end of the 18th century (periode revolutionnaire), length 100.5 cm. Extremely rare. Condition 2+
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The fullered blade double edged at the tip, blued, etched, gilt and marked at the forte "S.H.F." (Samuel Hoppe Freres, Solingen). On the back marked with struck number "XX" Brass knuckle-bow hilt (designed after German design) with three parallel side bars, backstrap rising to a lion's head pommel. Leather-covered handle wrapped with twisted and smooth wire bearing remnants of gilding. The steel scabbard with two movable suspension rings is brass plated with. French, the end of the 18th century (periode revolutionnaire), length 100.5 cm. Extremely rare. Condition 2+
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