December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
Patterned after a Model 1798 foot officer's sword, being a straight-bladed spadroon 39 7/8 inches in length, with a 34 inch-long, single-edged blade. Each face of the blade bears a 28-inch-long panel, etched and engraved with a total of 23 battle honors for 1812-1814 during the "Great Patriotic War" with France, including Moscow, Berezina, Dresden, Leipzig, Leon and Paris. Lower section with panoplies of arms on a beaded field and framed by palmettes. Spine marked for the Tula Arsenal and dated 1824. Gilt-brass hilt of standard pattern for this model, the interior sides of the bilobate guard inscribed twice in Cyrillic "For Bravery", one side affixed with brass and red enamel badge of St. Anne, the other with the white and colored enamel badge of St. George. Gilt wire-wrapped grip; with silver bullion-tasseled swordknot, its silk webbing strap in an alternating pattern of orange and black stripes. Black leather-covered scabbard, the gilt-brass throat and drag molded with laurel branches. CONDITION: Blade fairly clean and bright, with etching still strong; gilt-brass hilt retains approximately 75% of its finish. Scabbard leather possibly replaced, the gilt-brass mounts retaining most of their gilt finish, with loss to raised edges.