"Infantry Officer's Sabre Model 1845 Queen Victoria - United Kingdom - 19th Century"
Infantry Officer's Sabre Model 1845 Queen VictoriaUnited-Kingdom
19th century
Brass, leather, steel
Total length: 98 ; Blade length: 84.5 cm
Brass mounting, cap engraved with scrolls along the long tail, fine checkering.
Five-fluted rivet knob.
Handle covered with brown leather, watermarked with copper wire.
Six-pointed jointed arch with drop quillon.
Openwork top, monogrammed ‘VR’ crowned in a cartouche with foliage for ‘Victoria Regina’.
Slightly curved blade with gutter and central edge, acid engraved with foliage, the monogram ‘VR’ under a radiating crown, brass pastille marked ‘PROVED T .’ in a star.
Iron scabbard with two bracelets.
Ref : 5350
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