Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 23rd September 2020
Lot 1227
Five continental military swords
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £220
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Description
Five continental military swords, vis.: a late 19th Century Spanish infantry machete, straight hatchet-point blade 27.5 in., the hilt with eagle head pommel and chequered grip scales; two infantry swords of briquet type, one with scabbard; a Russian side arm with steel stirrup hilt in associated scabbard; and a Turkish 1909 pattern infantry officer's sword, with brass stirrup hilt and steel scabbard. [5]