British Naval Sword in Scabbard, English saber with scabbard. Slightly curved sable blade with broad blood channel and back section without heel (Wilkinson blade), it is etched with leaf motifs, on one side a crowned unfinished anchor, on the other the British royal coat of arms. It bears the inscription and a test mark. The sword has a white-shark-coated handle wrapped in copper wire, a closed hilt with a crowned unfinished anchor, and a lion-shaped knob. The private part of the baffle plate can fold down and then close with a hole on a cam of the sheath. A blue and gold galon saber brush hangs on the hilt. The sheath has a bottom band with a drag edge, the middle and upper straps both have a ring for the strap, and all three straps are decorated with leaf motifs., Great Britain, Gillot & Hassel (mentioned on object), London, 1868 - 1877, kling, gevest, schede, greep, sabelkwast, gilding, total: l 94.6 cm scabbard: l 79.6 cm
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British Naval Sword, Scabbard, English saber, scabbard, Slightly curved sable blade, broad blood channel, back section, heel, Wilkinson blade, etched, leaf motifs, side, crowned unfinished anchor, British royal coat, arms, bears, inscription, test mark, sword, white-shark-coated handle wrapped, copper wire, closed hilt, lion-shaped knob, private part, baffle plate, fold down, close, hole, cam, sheath, blue, gold galon saber brush hangs, hilt, bottom band, drag edge, middle, upper straps, ring, strap, three straps, decorated, Great Britain, Gillot & Hassel, mentioned, object, London, 1868, 1877, kling, gevest, schede, greep, sabelkwast, gilding, total, l 94 6
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