Lot 309

NAVAL OFFICER'S BACK SWORD
EARLY 19TH CENTURY




















Auction: 23 July 2011 at 13:00 BST
£688
Description
gilt brass stirrup hilt engraved with fouled anchors, fish skin grip bound with a triple twist of brass wire, etched blade, leather and brass mounted scabbard, blade 71cm long; and a smaller similar midshipman's naval sword, 65cm long (2)



















