Lot 6292
A collection of six edged weapons, mostly French, 19th–20th centuries
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Sapper's bayonet with shortened saw-back blade (stamped “BGP” and “RF” at the ricasso), solid brass hilt with fully sculpted rooster-head pommel and downward-curved crossguard. Fascine knife M 1831 with pitted gladius blade (stamp indistinct), massive brass hilt and leather scabbard (obverse: a 4 cm cut, reverse: seam partly open). A heavily pitted Chassepot bayonet, with the signature of the manufacory St. Etienne 1868 on the back. A pitted Gras bayonet with signature of St. Etienne 1878. A Lebel bayonet (refinished in black) with nickel silver grip. Also included: a briquet sabre with the stamp “Hugo Baruch & Cie Berlin” on the pitted blade, and a better-quality briquet sabre without scabbard, with blade stamp “Carl Eickhorn Solingen”. Locking mechanisms intact. Partially damaged, with clear Signs of age and use. Length approx. 65–75 cm.351948
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