8th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 131
 

131

A George V 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer's Sword, the 82.5cm etched, single edge, fullered...

A George V 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer's Sword, the 82.5cm etched, single edge, fullered blade bearing maker's mark, "Pipe & McGill, Maiden Lane, Bedford, W.C.", the steel hilt pierced and engraved with royal cypher, wire bound fish skin grip, leather-covered scabbard; and another, Victorian example, with piquet weight blade, signed, "Humphrey & Crook, London", the black-painted steel scabbard with ring suspension (2)

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £200


 

. First sword - Blade with very light rusting. Scabbard with some scuffing to leather. Otherwise good. Second sword - Blade with light rusting. Hilt similar. Fishskin grip badly worn and with some sections lacking. Wire binding incomplete. Scabbard with large dent to one side.

 


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 8th Mar, 2019

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