THE FIRST PARTLY 18TH CENTURY, THE SECOND DATED 1820, THE REMAINDER 19TH CENTURY
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A Composite Combined Hunting-Sword And Flintlock Pistol, A Continental Military Side-Arm, A Composite Continental Military Broadsword, A French Epe, And A Pair Of Continental Military Practice Sabres
The first partly 18th Century, the second dated 1820, the remainder 19th Century
The first with fullered blade (pitted) struck with a maker's mark, one-piece brass shell-guard and knuckle-guard (grip, action and barrel replaced); the second with plain falchion blade, brass hilt and brass-mounted scabbard; the broadsword incised with running wolf marks and apocryphal dates '1414', iron hilt (plates missing from guard), and later grip and pommel; the epe and practice sabres all with regulation hilts
The first with 23in. (59.6cm.) blade (6)
The first partly 18th Century, the second dated 1820, the remainder 19th Century
The first with fullered blade (pitted) struck with a maker's mark, one-piece brass shell-guard and knuckle-guard (grip, action and barrel replaced); the second with plain falchion blade, brass hilt and brass-mounted scabbard; the broadsword incised with running wolf marks and apocryphal dates '1414', iron hilt (plates missing from guard), and later grip and pommel; the epe and practice sabres all with regulation hilts
The first with 23in. (59.6cm.) blade (6)