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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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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
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Henry Edward Abrams
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

Search terms: Weapon, Sword, Sheath