Lot Essay
The basket-guard would appear to be the army pattern of 1828.
19TH CENTURY
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A COMPOSITE BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD
19th Century
With earlier double-edged blade cut with a series of narrow fullers over its lower half on both sides, struck with a pair of S-shaped marks on both sides and the outer face cut with running wolf mark, iron basket-hilt of regulation type, associated fluted pommel, and wire-bound wooden grip.
30 3/8in (77.2cm) blade
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With earlier double-edged blade cut with a series of narrow fullers over its lower half on both sides, struck with a pair of S-shaped marks on both sides and the outer face cut with running wolf mark, iron basket-hilt of regulation type, associated fluted pommel, and wire-bound wooden grip.
30 3/8
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