3rd Dec, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
A19th Century Austrian Officer's Sidearm, possibly Habsburg, each side of the 57cm double edge steel blade with two short parallel fullers and a single longer fuller, the bronze hilt with well cast lion paw langet to one side of the crossguard, upscroll quillons, wire bound leather grip and lion head and ring pommel, lacks scabbard, 71.5cm
Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £150
Grey patching and fine pitting to the blade, fullers are uneven. The hilt is a little wiggly. The leather covered grip has worm holes. Lacks scabbard.
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 3rd Dec, 2021
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