- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Short sabre [.1] with single-edged curved blade and spirally-grooved hilt, guard, hooked quillon, knucklebow and pommel of brass. The guard is engraved 'HRI 78'; the quillon is stamped '674 BGC'; the knucklebow is stamped '6_KRB _ 3C - 188.'. Brass-mounted stitched leather sheath [.2] stamped '31C' '18??', 'JG', 'A' and 'PT'. [LM 29/10/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- French
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1898
- Date collected
- By 1898
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1898
- Materials and processes
- Material Steel Metal, Material Iron Metal, Material Brass Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Forged (Metal), Process Stitched, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 735 mm, Length: max 560 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1898.62.2.1 Accession number: 1898.62.2.2
1898.62.2.1
Short sabre [.1] with single-edged curved blade and spirally-grooved hilt, guard, hooked quillon, knucklebow and pommel of brass. The guard is engraved 'HRI 78'; the quillon is stamped '674 BGC'; the knucklebow is stamped '6_KRB _ 3C - 188.'. Brass-mounted stitched leather sheath [.2] stamped '31C' '18??', 'JG', 'A' and 'PT'. [LM 29/10/2007]
1898.62.2.1
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