Fine Modern & Antique Arms - November 2023 : Sale A1123 Lot 212
A RARE PATTERN 1848 CRIMEAN WAR PERIOD HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY TROOPERS SWORD MARKED TO THE ROYAL HORSE GUARDS,

Product Details

A RARE PATTERN 1848 CRIMEAN WAR PERIOD HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY TROOPER'S SWORD MARKED TO THE ROYAL HORSE GUARDS,
circa early 1850s, with 39in. single-edged slightly curved blade, double-edged for the final third and fullered on each side, top of blade etched '[HAM]BURGER / [Ro]gers & Co. / [30] King St / [CO]''nt Garden / [L]ondon' (the first letters of the etching having been lost through sharpening of the blade), steel hilt with ears and Honeysuckle guard stamped 'G 21 R.H.Gds', black fish-skin grips with brass wire binding, together with its steel scabbard similarly stamped 'G / 21 / R.H.Gds' at the throat, with brass suspension loops and bands, and brass drag, some staining and light rust patches, some losses to the fish-skin exposing the black-painted wood underneath, scabbard dented at the drag, 47in. overall



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Estimate £500-700

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