TWO AUSTRIAN MODEL 1850 INFANTRY OFFICER'S SABRE AND AN AUSTRIAN MODEL 1861 INFANTRY OFFICER'S SABRE the first with earlier curved fuller blade inscribed 'Frince.' (rubbed) on one side and with celestial motifs on the other, regulation steel hilt, fishskin-covered grip, in a contemporary steel scabbard; the second with 18th century Turkish blade retaining traces of gold decoration (erased), regulation steel hilt, fishskin-covered grip, in a contemporary steel scabbard; and the third with earlier Hungarian broad fullered blade double-edged towards the point, etched with the figure of Mary on one face and a Patriarchal cross on the other, and with pious inscriptions including 'Maria Mater Dei Patronia Hungaria Sub tuum Pace sicium confugio [sic]', regulation hilt, fishskin-covered grip, in a contemporary steel scabbard with two loops for suspension the first: 73.5 cm; 29 in blade (3) Provenance The Armoury of Archduke Eugen, Fortress Hohenwerfen, Salzburg, Austria, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 1st - 5th March 1927, part of lot 487 JWHA Inv. Nos. 269, 270, 161
TWO AUSTRIAN MODEL 1850 INFANTRY OFFICER'S SABRE AND AN AUSTRIAN MODEL 1861 INFANTRY OFFICER'S SABRE the first with earlier curved fuller blade inscribed 'Frince.' (rubbed) on one side and with celestial motifs on the other, regulation steel hilt, fishskin-covered grip, in a contemporary steel scabbard; the second with 18th century Turkish blade retaining traces of gold decoration (erased), regulation steel hilt, fishskin-covered grip, in a contemporary steel scabbard; and the third with earlier Hungarian broad fullered blade double-edged towards the point, etched with the figure of Mary on one face and a Patriarchal cross on the other, and with pious inscriptions including 'Maria Mater Dei Patronia Hungaria Sub tuum Pace sicium confugio [sic]', regulation hilt, fishskin-covered grip, in a contemporary steel scabbard with two loops for suspension the first: 73.5 cm; 29 in blade (3) Provenance The Armoury of Archduke Eugen, Fortress Hohenwerfen, Salzburg, Austria, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 1st - 5th March 1927, part of lot 487 JWHA Inv. Nos. 269, 270, 161
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