Antique Japanese & World Weapons AUG. 29th
Lot 345:
Impressive French Napoleonic era General Officer’s Sword with Damascus Blade. A beautiful large saber with its silvered brass mounts featuring lovely quality carved details, a large finely carved and checkered horn or ebony grip topped with a lion head pommel. Wearing a powerful broad quill-back blade with a pronounced raised false edge and showing fine watered patterns of good quality European Damascus steel. In its blued steel scabbard having large suspension ring mounts heavily silvered and deeply carved with Angels and Arrow Quivers among Oak and Cherry branches. An exceptionally impressive large saber of rare pattern, most surely worn by a high ranking General Staff officer of Napoleon’s army.Total Length (inside scabbard if present) 44" Blade Length 38"
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