7th Dec, 2022 11:00

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 304
 

304

A COMPOSITE HIGHLAND BASKET-HILTED MILITARY BROADSWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY AND A ROBE SWORD

A COMPOSITE HIGHLAND BASKET-HILTED MILITARY BROADSWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY AND A ROBE SWORD, 20TH CENTURY, the first with straight double-edged blade, iron basket-guard formed of three pierced lobated panels, stepped pommel and wooden grip (the hilt with later cream and gold paint), in an early 20th century field service scabbard; the second with German blade, copper alloy hilt with trilobate quillons and pommel, in its scabbard, the first: 79.0 cm blade (2)


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A COMPOSITE HIGHLAND BASKET-HILTED MILITARY BROADSWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY AND A ROBE SWORD, 20TH CENTURY, the first with straight double-edged blade, iron basket-guard formed of three pierced lobated panels, stepped pommel and wooden grip (the hilt with later cream and gold paint), in an early 20th century field service scabbard; the second with German blade, copper alloy hilt with trilobate quillons and pommel, in its scabbard, the first: 79.0 cm blade (2)