A Fine German Dress Hunting-sword And Companion - Dec 03, 2014 | Thomas Del Mar Ltd In United Kingdom
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A FINE GERMAN DRESS HUNTING-SWORD AND COMPANION

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A FINE GERMAN DRESS HUNTING-SWORD AND COMPANION
A FINE GERMAN DRESS HUNTING-SWORD AND COMPANION
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A FINE GERMAN DRESS HUNTING-SWORD AND COMPANION BALDRICK (GALABANDELIER), SILVER MAKER'S MARK OF STROBLBERGER, MÜNCHEN, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
with burnished blade etched and gilt with hunting trophies and scrolls on a blued panel on both sides, German silver hilt cast in relief, including fluted shell-guard, the quillon terminals formed respectively as differing dogs' heads, the pommel en suite, staghorn grip studded with German silver acorns, and in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard also mounted in German silver, the locket with maker's stamp (by-knife missing); together with a dress baldrick, of black patent leather bordered with patterned silver wire lace, with elaborate full German silver mounts in the manner of the German rococo revival, including pricker pendant from a large stag's head boss cast in the round, and with the arms of the Princes Hohenlohe-Langenburg cast within a circlet bearing the motto "Ex Flammis Orior" and surmounted by a fürstenhut
51 cm; 20 in blade
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The galabandelier would have been worn with the full dress uniform of a senior official of the Princely Hunt
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A FINE GERMAN DRESS HUNTING-SWORD AND COMPANION

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Starting Price £250
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