Product Details
* R. MOLE & SONS, BIRMINGHAM
A GOOD BRITISH 1854 PATTERN FOOT-GUARDS DRESS SWORD TO THE GRENADIER GUARDS, no visible serial number,
circa 1895 and of piquet weight with slender single-edged 32 1/2in. blade, broad blind fuller, the first 17in. of the blade etched with scrolls within an arabesque panel, Imperial crown, the Grenadiers flaming grenade and ribbons with battle honours to 1885, the reverse with further scrolls and battle honours etched in ladder form starting with 'Blenheim' and ending with 'Waterloo', the forte signed 'ROB'T MOLE & SONS BIRMINGHAM, MAKER'S TO THE WAR & INDIA OFFICES', the reverse with inlet proof mark, gothic three bar hilt in nickel-plate pierced and carved with the Grenadier Guards device, wire bound fishskin grip, chequered backstrap and domed pommel, complete with its plated dress scabbard, tiny losses to plating on hilt and slight staining to scabbard otherwise apparently little used
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Estimate £250-350
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