A GERMAN LIGHT CAVALRY GENERAL OFFICER'S MAMELUKE-HILTED SWORD, CIRCA 1815-33 in the Turkish manner, with curved blade double-edged towards the point, steel hilt comprising cross-piece with acorn finials, and a pair of ivory grip-scales rising to form a pierced rounded pommel and shaped for the fingers, in its steel scabbard 76cm; 30in blade Provenance Schloss Cumberland, Gmunden, inv. nos. 1529, 1530 Schloss Marienburg, Hanover, sold Sotheby's October 2005, lot 3690