17th Sep, 2025 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
328
A British 1885 Pattern Cavalry Trooper's Sword, the 87cm single edge broad fullered plated steel blade stamped at the ricasso with broad arrow over WD, M, various inspector's marks, bend mark, issue dates for (18)87 and (18)92, and maker's mark WEYERSBURG, KIRSCHBAUM & CIE, SOLINGEN, the steel bowl hilt bearing traces of silver plating, pierced with a Maltese cross and stamped 41893/Y/YH/155 and various other struck through numbers, the underside with War Department arrow, with chequered black leather grip scales and buff hide sword knot, the steel scabbard with two fixed suspender rings, stamped at the locket MOLE PATENT and 1893/Y/YH/173, 106cm
Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £300
Some lifting and pitting to the silver plate at the back edges and tip of the blade which is quite clean and bright. Grey Patching to the hilt and scabbard, no dents.
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 17th Sep, 2025
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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