Lot 713

FRENCH OFFICER'S LEVVE SABRE
CIRCA 1820




Auction: Day Two: 15 March 2012 From 10am
£2,250
Description
cast brass lion-head pommel, fine chequered wooden grip, marmaluke hilt with gilt brass cross-guard with turned tear drop terminals one with ring for chain guard the curved single edged sabre blade fire blued and gilt for 9inches, engraved brass long locket, lion masks on ring mounts on black leather mounted scabbard
30 ½ inch (76 cm) blade
Footnote
Note: Captain William Blair Fordyce Blair was with the French forces during the invasion of Algiers in 1830.



