AUSTRO / HUNGARIAN SWORDS

PRUSSIAN 1790/1800’S ERA “IMPERIAL GUARDS” OFFICERS SWORD, SAME AS REF 28/PLATE #189, 1″ X 33 3/4″ STRAIGHT BLADE IS DARK AND HAS “GUARD STAR” ETCHED ON ONE SIDE AND “KING FREDERICK WILLIAM I”? CIPER ETCHED ON OPPOSITE SIDE, FIRE GILT BRASS GRIP HAS 80% FINISH, BRASS WIRE WRAPPING ON GRIP IS 90% INTACT AND JUST STARTING TO COME UNRAVELED!, NO SCABBARD, NEEDS CLEANING TO EXCELLENT

EASTERN EUROPEAN – (GERMAN, HUNGARIAN, POLISH) 1790/1800 PERIOD NAPOLEONIC STYLE HUSSARS SABER, IRON MOUNTED 1 3/8″ X 34 1/4″ CLIPPED POINT BLADE IS UNMARKED, IRON GRIP IS C/W ORIGINAL LEATHER BUT WIRE WRAPPING IS MISSING, VERTICAL IRON LANGET ON LEFT SIDE OF GRIP IS MISSING, IRON SCABBARD HAS DUAL MOUNTING RINGS, I PICKED THIS UP ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA AND WAS TOLD IT WAS USED BY A MEMBER OF THE NORTHHAMPTON GUARDS DURING THE CIVIL WAR??, SWORD AND SCABBARD HAVE AN OVERALL DARK PATINA, EXCELLENT OTHERWISE CONSIDERING AGE, LOADS OF CHARCTER

IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN MODEL “1861” OFFICERS SABER, THE 31 7/8″ BRIGHT BLADE IS ENGRAVED “IN TREUE FESTE” ALONG WITH “WKC W/DUAL KNIGHTS HEADS” MFGER’S HM , THE DUAL BLOOD GROOVE BLADE IS STILL IN COSMOLINE, THE NICKLE PLATED SCABBARD HAS ONE SLIGHT CREASE BELOW THE TOP LOOP, SWORD HAS NEVER BEEN CLEANED AND JUST NEEDS SOME “LOVIN”

AUSTRIAN CURIASSIER OFFICERS SWORD, REF 55/432, 30 7/8″ BLADE IS MINT WITH “IN TRUE FEST” FLOWERED PANNELS ON EACH SIDE, BRASS GRIP IS EXCELLENT WITH 100% WIRE WRAPPING, GRIP HAS LANGETS ON EACH SIDE, UNDENTED SCABBARD HAS 80% ORIGINAL BLACK FINISH, JUST NEEDS A LIGHT CLEANING TO EXCELLENT

PAIR OF 1880 / 1900’S AUSTRO / HUNGARIAN FENCING FOILS, THE 32″ BLADES ARE NOT SIGNED BUT HAVE EVIDENCE OF AN ACID ETCHED FLORAL PATTERN, BOTH HAVE SHARK SKIN GRIPS WITH FLAT CHECKERED BACKSTRAPS WITH TWISTED BRASS WIRE WRAPPING (ONE GRIP IS MISSING 1″ OF SKIN) , THE LARGE STEEL BASKETS HAVE A CIRCULAR 1/4″ STEEL ROD AS ADDITIONAL PROTECTION, A NICE MATCHING PAIR

US LATE WWII “SIGNAL CORPS” TL-29 ELECTRICANS POCKET KNIFE, HAS “TL-29” IMPRESSED COMPOSITION GRIPS, CAMILLUS HM’ED BLADE IS A LITTLE DARK, BUT VG