Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

Four European military swords, vis: i) a British 1796 pattern infantry officer's sword, spadroon type blade, gilt-brass hilt with one fixed and one folding shell, slender knuckle bow and urn pommel; ii) a Victorian Royal Artillery officer's sword, etched fullered blade, steel three-bar hilt, steel scabbard; iii) a French cavalry trooper's sword, curved blade, brass three-bar hilt; iv) a French model 1804 infantry sidearm (briquet), short curved blade stamped 'AN. 1804', brass stirrup hilt. [4]