20th Jul, 2022 10:30
Militaria, Maps & Ethnographica
TWO 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER'S SABRES
1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER'S SABRE,
by Thomas Gill, the curved blade engraved 'Thos Gills Warranted Never to Fail', curved knucklebow, wire bound leather grip, 95.5cm long, in original steel scabbard, along with another 1796 pattern sabre (2)
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Sold for £550
Estimated at £100 - £200
Condition Report
Additional images of Gill sword available
Additional images of second sword available
Both blades with oxidisation, particularly the unsigned sword; both hilts extensively worn but secure, hilt of unsigned sword cracked and missing leather, losses to leather of Gill sword; Gill sword with scabbard, this extensively worn
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