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German H & R Boker Remscheid Infantry Sabre Briquet - Civil War Import?

$ 198

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Condition: Interesting Piece!
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Modified Item: No
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1784-1860
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    German Infantry Sabre Briquet.
    The ricasso is marked "H & R Boker" over "Remscheid" (
    Herman and Robert Boeker of Remscheid, Solingen, Germany, ca. 1830)
    . The brass guard is tight, solid and shows typical wear.
    The blade
    is straight, unsharpened but feels sharp due to the several nicks along the edge, the tip is a little sharp, an
    d overall it has a darkened patina with some light pitting
    .
    W
    asher is missing. Length of the blade is 23 3/8" (1 3/8" wide and 3/8" thick) and overall the sword is 28 3/4".
    Napoleonic pattern, adopted by French military in 1808 but very popular and used by many nations for the next 80 years as a short saber, both in the infantry and among artillery and marine troops, some in fact imported by the Confederacy during the Civil War.
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