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THE FIRST CIRCA 1922-39, THE REMAINDER 19TH/20TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF SWORDS INCLUDING AN OFFICER'S SWORD OF THE SWISS PAPAL GUARD OF POPE PIUS XI
THE FIRST CIRCA 1922-39, THE REMAINDER 19TH/20TH CENTURY
The first with blade etched with the papal coat-of-arms and Latin inscriptions, pierced brass hilt, and wire-bound dark horn grip, with bullion sword-knot and original nickel-plated scabbard; together with another similar, with plain curved blade (knuckle-guard incomplete); a cavalry back-sword, possibly Swiss, mid-17th century, with curved blade, blackened iron hilt with side-ring and thumb-ring, the former filled with an embossed brass plate, brass wire-bound grip, and brass pommel chased in the form of lion's head and linked to the short quillon by a chain; two Swiss Model 1899 service swords, one with pipe-backed blade, the other dated '1908' with leather finger-loop inside the guard, each in a steel scabbard; a Swiss officer's stirrup-hilted sword, with etched blade, in original steel scabbard; a Japanese Wakisashi, iron tsuba decorated with two cranes and a waterfall, brass mounts including collar decorated with a carp, and shagreen-covered grip, in dark horn mounted saya covered with polished and lacquered rayskin; a military practice sabre; a fencing foil; a decorative medieval broadsword; the mounts and saya from a late export katana (grip broken); and an ear-defence from a decorative armour
The first with 33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) blade (12)
THE FIRST CIRCA 1922-39, THE REMAINDER 19TH/20TH CENTURY
The first with blade etched with the papal coat-of-arms and Latin inscriptions, pierced brass hilt, and wire-bound dark horn grip, with bullion sword-knot and original nickel-plated scabbard; together with another similar, with plain curved blade (knuckle-guard incomplete); a cavalry back-sword, possibly Swiss, mid-17th century, with curved blade, blackened iron hilt with side-ring and thumb-ring, the former filled with an embossed brass plate, brass wire-bound grip, and brass pommel chased in the form of lion's head and linked to the short quillon by a chain; two Swiss Model 1899 service swords, one with pipe-backed blade, the other dated '1908' with leather finger-loop inside the guard, each in a steel scabbard; a Swiss officer's stirrup-hilted sword, with etched blade, in original steel scabbard; a Japanese Wakisashi, iron tsuba decorated with two cranes and a waterfall, brass mounts including collar decorated with a carp, and shagreen-covered grip, in dark horn mounted saya covered with polished and lacquered rayskin; a military practice sabre; a fencing foil; a decorative medieval broadsword; the mounts and saya from a late export katana (grip broken); and an ear-defence from a decorative armour
The first with 33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) blade (12)
Provenance
Some used by the Pontifical Swiss Guard of Vatican City in which numerous generations of the de Pfyffer family, including eleven commanders, have served since its inception in 1506.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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Arne Everwijn
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