LAND AND TRANSPORT SWORD WITH SCABBARD

All Items On Consignment, Edged Weapons On Consignment, New Items

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Stock No. 95472

Approx. USD 281.25

Approx. EUR 263.25

Product Information

QUITE RARE VICTORIAN LAND AND TRANSPORT PATTERN SWORD. ISSUED TO MEN AND CORPS SUCH AS WAGON DRIVERS ETC. GLADIUS STYLE ONE PIECE BRASS HILT. CLEAN 570 MM LONG BLADE. LIGHT RANDOM STAINING, BUT NO PITTING. RICASSO WITH GERMAN KNIGHTS HEAD MAKER LOGO TO ONE SIDE AND CROWNED INSPECTION STAMP TO THE OTHER SIDE.  A SWORD VERY RARELY FOUND WITH ITS ORIGINAL SCABBARD. THE LEATHER VERY GOOD WITH NO SHRINKAGE. THE STITCHING GONE TO THE BACK. TO THE BOTTOM CHAPE THE SMALL BRASS PLATE TO THE VERY BOTTOM ABSENT. BROAD ARROW, INSPECTION STAMP, AND ISSUE DATE OF 1901 TO THE SCABBARD SUGGESTING THIS PIECE WAS IN SERVICE FOR THE BOER WAR.