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The Property of a German Princely Family Thomas Del Mar Ltd. gratefully acknowledges Nicholas McCullough as cataloguer of this property 514 A GERMAN LARGE HUNTING KNIFE AND TWO GERMAN HUNTING-SWORDS, THE FIRST LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE TWO OTHERS MID-19TH CENTURY the knife with heavy broad single-edged blade formed with a spear point and stamped with cutler’s mark together with “Redtenbacher Shear Steel”, nickel-plated iron guard, grip-scales of natural staghorn (pommel-cap missing), and in its original leather sheath with belt-loop and German silver mounts decorated with projecting oak leaves and a pierced princely crown (byknife missing); the second with robust broad straight blade double-edged towards the point, cut with shallow fullers and struck with a mark on one side, plain iron hilt engraved with linear bands, white horn grip, and in its original scabbard (byknife missing, the scabbard cracked, leather torn); and the third with straight double-edged blade, plain iron hilt, grip of natural staghorn, and in its original iron-mounted leather scabbard (byknife missing). The first, 26 cm; 10 ¼ in blade (3) £500-600 515 A GERMAN HUNTING-SWORD, AND ANOTHER, SIMILAR, LATE 19TH CENTURY the first with straight blade etched with scrollwork over its lower half, signed by the cutler “G.H. Kohl Waffenfabriant in Stuttgart” (patches of rust), silvered brass hilt cast in low relief, with shell-guard decorated with deer, recurved quillons with acorn tips, cap pommel, natural staghorn grip, and in its original leather scabbard with silvered brass mounts; the second with undecorated straight blade, silvered brass hilt cast in low relief, staghorn grip, and original scabbard (both byknives missing). 55.3 cm; 21 ¾ in and 48.3 cm; 19 in blades (2) £400-600 250