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19TH CENTURY
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A MILITARY RAPIER IN GERMAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE
19TH CENTURY
With broad doubled-edged hand-forged blade cut on each face with twin fullers, tapering oblong ricasso bearing a mark on one face, ornate iron guard comprising long slightly recurved quillons, diagonal side-ring and short slightly upturned bar each with openwork sections and finials, the bars and finials each chiselled with foliage, good quality wire-bound grip with Turk's heads, and large openwork pommel cut with foliage and a band of beadwork
38½in. (97.8cm.) blade
19TH CENTURY
With broad doubled-edged hand-forged blade cut on each face with twin fullers, tapering oblong ricasso bearing a mark on one face, ornate iron guard comprising long slightly recurved quillons, diagonal side-ring and short slightly upturned bar each with openwork sections and finials, the bars and finials each chiselled with foliage, good quality wire-bound grip with Turk's heads, and large openwork pommel cut with foliage and a band of beadwork
38½in. (97.8cm.) blade
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