Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A collection of edged weapons, comprising: a 19th Century German hunting sword, straight single edged blade 22 in., etched at the forte with the crowned cipher of Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria, back marked with maker's name of Jean Knecht, steel mounted stag horn grip; together with a 19th Century infantry sidearm (briquet), brass hilt with knuckle bow; a French model 1831 artillery sidearm of 'gladius' form; another similar but of diminutive proportions (sometimes describes as a cadet's sword); and an unusual Chinese or Russian sword with slightly curved blade of shashqua type, steel disc guard, reeded wooden grip, steel scabbard. [5]