20th Mar, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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An Honourable Artillery Company Officer's Spadroon, of 1796 pattern, with 81cm single edge fullered steel blade, the brass stirrup hilt with oval half hinged guard, flat angular shaped crossguard and knuckle bow engraved with husk borders and lozenge rosettes, the urn shaped pommel faintly engraved with HAC lion, with silver wire bound grip and modern black leather scabbard with brass locket and chape,
Sold for £140
Estimated at £100 - £150
The blade has deep pitting and grey patching to the surface, with nicks to the edge. The brass hinged guard has a broken steel spring. The scabbard is later.
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 20th Mar, 2024
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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