"Sword Of Master Of Arms - "leon Van Loon & Zoon - Breda" --pays-bas"
Sword of "Maître d'Armes", 1896 model with gilded brass mount, XIX°. Black spindle filigree with a silver thread, pommel with a lion's head with a large tail. Monobranch hilt with three rings in the middle and straight quillon ending in a button. Oval keyboard without counter-keyboard decorated with a shield with a radiant sun and silver crossed sabers and surrounded by a wreath of foliage, all on a serrated red felt. Straight blade with its tie, double-edged and ricasso at the heel of 13 cm with median edge engraved in third with acid on both sides with leaf acid. In a cartridge the engraved inscription "LEON VAN LOON & ZOON - BREDA". See photos. Hallmark on the ricasso of the furbier Carl Eckhorn in Solingen, see photos. Black leather scabbard with two brass fittings, yoke with bail ring and button and ball-tipped snaps. Total length: 106 cm SF length: 103 cm Blade length: 91 cm Blade width at heel: 2.2 cm Ricasso length: 13 cm. Very good state of conservation and use, see the details in the photos. Free shipping for France. Shipping costs outside France, on request tracking zone of the country. Visit my other objects by consulting my gallery.