Lot 51:
FRENCH NAPOLEONIC AN XI HEAVY TROOPERS SABER SWORD
Sold for: $800
Description
The iconic Napoleonic sword of Waterloo, with characteristic three-bar guard and ribbed leather grip with twisted brass wire wrap and profiled pommel struck with marks. The massive blade exceptionally long and double-fullered, struck with mark at the forte and inscribed at the spine, . MFRE IMPLE DU KLINGENTHAL OCTOBRE 1813. In its steel scabbard with suspension band and large, marked chape. Dated October 1813. Minor rusting to scabbard. Overall length 94 cm. Overall length 117.6cm / 46 1/3 inches. Condition III
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