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Mid-19th Century Ornate German Hunting Sword With Damascus Blade....
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Description
Mid-19th Century Ornate German Hunting Sword With Damascus Blade.16 1/4-inch straight Damascus blade (21 3/4-inches overall). Finely-etched gilded decoration extend 4-inches from the hilt on both sides of the blade. The obverse scene features a man apparently beating his dog with a stick, all this surrounded with foliate decoration; the reverse scene depicts two running dogs within the same foliate decoration. Leather-wrapped wooden grip surrounded by a cast metal frame of oak leaves and vines. Pommel cap likewise decorated with oak leaves. Leather-wrapped wooden scabbard with matching cast-metal oak leave/vine motif throat and tip.
Condition: Very good. Some scattered dark spots to blade but most of the gilt accents on the engraving remains strong. Some scuffing and loss of leather on the grip and scabbard.
Auction Info
2017 June 11 Arms & Armor , Civil War & Militaria Signature Auction - Dallas #6177 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
June, 2017
11th
Sunday
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