Sword for a staff officer or high-ranking official, featuring a...
Sword for a staff officer or high-ranking official, featuring a beautiful 715-mm triangular blade, blued and decorated on the upper quarter with trophies and foliage, signed on the heel S.H.F. (Samuel Hoppe Fils in Solingen), crimson ribbon, bronze mount with a chiseled guard and round pommel, handle with mother-of-pearl inlay, crossguard featuring the imperial crown and a palmette-shaped quillon, BE-TBE, SF, LT 945 mm, France, Second Empire period.
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Sword for a staff officer or high-ranking official, featuring a beautiful 715-mm triangular blade, blued and decorated on the upper quarter with trophies and foliage, signed on the heel S.H.F. (Samuel Hoppe Fils in Solingen), crimson ribbon, bronze mount with a chiseled guard and round pommel, handle with mother-of-pearl inlay, crossguard featuring the imperial crown and a palmette-shaped quillon, BE-TBE, SF, LT 945 mm, France, Second Empire period.