26th Mar, 2024 10:00
SPRING VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION
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AN EXTREMELY RARE TRAFALGAR PERIOD FRENCH NAVAL BOARDING CUTLASS
71cm blade incised with an anchor to one side and GP over F to the other, regulation brass hilt with shaped sheet guard, the knuckle bow with barred spherical defence, ribbed grip, the underside of the hilt stamped GP over F. See Le Sabre D'ABORDAGE by Michel Petard, illustrated on the back cover and pages 68 to 71. Definitively the pattern used at Trafalgar, based on recorded captured examples taken at said battle.
Sold for £1,400
71cm blade incised with an anchor to one side and GP over F to the other, regulation brass hilt with shaped sheet guard, the knuckle bow with barred spherical defence, ribbed grip, the underside of the hilt stamped GP over F. See Le Sabre D'ABORDAGE by Michel Petard, illustrated on the back cover and pages 68 to 71. Definitively the pattern used at Trafalgar, based on recorded captured examples taken at said battle.
Auction: SPRING VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION, 26th Mar, 2024
Virtual Fine Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria auction. No bidding in person.
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Monday 18th of March to Monday 25th of March.
