CIRCA 1640-50
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AN ENGLISH CAVALRY TROOPER'S MORTUARY SWORD
circa 1640-50
With German double-edged blade stamped 'Me Fecit' on one face and '(Soli)ngen' on the reverse at the forte, iron hilt of slender flattened bars carrying a solid guard chiselled with foliage and masks in characteristic style, coarsely chiselled pommel and wire-bound leather-covered grip (the blade pitted).
34½in (87.6cm) blade
circa 1640-50
With German double-edged blade stamped 'Me Fecit' on one face and '(Soli)ngen' on the reverse at the forte, iron hilt of slender flattened bars carrying a solid guard chiselled with foliage and masks in characteristic style, coarsely chiselled pommel and wire-bound leather-covered grip (the blade pitted).
34½
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