386 386 A FRENCH MODEL 1896 CAVALRY OFFICER’S BACKSWORD, APRIL 1914 of regulation type, the blade with full details including Châtellerault arsenal inscription and the date, brass hilt, in its leather field service scabbard Provenance Joseph Masquelier, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 29th August 1967 JWHA Inv. No. 3407 ‡ £250-300
387 387 A PRUSSIAN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY; TWO FRENCH OFFICER’S SWORDS; AND A DANISH MODEL 1858 OFFICER’S SWORD with regulation blade etched on one side with the Prussian order of the Eagle device and the cypher of ‘FR’ on the other, and regulation brass hilt; the second with two-stage fullered blade engraved ‘Honneur et Patrie’ on one side, and regulation brass hilt including boatshell guard, in a brass-mounted leather scabbard; the third with sparsely etched blade double-edged towards the point, brass hilt including boatshell-guard, plumed helmet pommel, and retaining a portion of its plaited wire binding; the fourth with curved blade by J. Herazcek & Søn, and white metal regulation hilt stamped en suite the first: 85.5cm; 33 3/4in blade (4) Provenance JWHA Inv. Nos. 3461, 345, 37.2, 3565 ‡ £250-350
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