AN ENGLISH BASKET-HILTED CAVALRY BACKSWORD with fullered blade etched on each face with a flower and 'Andra Fara' (rubbed on one face), iron hilt of Scottish form comprising a symmetrical guard of slender bars arranged in a trellis pattern with an oval opening on the inner side, and two fore-loops, bun-shaped pommel, and spirally ribbed shagreen-covered wire-bound wooden grip, third quarter of the 18th Century

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AN ENGLISH BASKET-HILTED CAVALRY BACKSWORD with fullered blade etched on each face with a flower and 'Andra Fara' (rubbed on one face), iron hilt of Scottish form comprising a symmetrical guard of slender bars arranged in a trellis pattern with an oval opening on the inner side, and two fore-loops, bun-shaped pommel, and spirally ribbed shagreen-covered wire-bound wooden grip, third quarter of the 18th Century
32in. blade

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