Arms & Armour, Antique Firearms, Antiquities
By Scollard Auctions
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Feb 29, 2024
Brea, California, United States
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Auction featuring arms and armour, antique firearms, pre-Columbian antiquities, fossils and minerals, Asian art and much more.
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LOT 11:
USN Officers sword & Scabbard M-1852, Signed Wolf Brown
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Start price:
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300
Estimated price :
$600 - $900
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sales tax: 7.75%
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USN Officers sword & Scabbard M-1852, Signed Wolf Brown
United States Navy Model 1852 Officer's sword, circa Vietnam War, with gilt brass hilt and scabbard fittings. The sword features a very clean high condition straight double-edged etched blade. Wire wrapped faux-ray skin grip. The gilt brass guard has openwork USN and a dolphin as the quillon. Pommel cap with U.S. Eagle and stars. The upper and middle suspension bands are decorated with roped knot motif. A dolphin decorates the edges of the drag. Overall: 34 1/4" L, blade: 27 1/2" L . A high quality German-made sword marked "STAINLESS" and with etched Star of Damascus proof mark, and with Purveyor's Name: Wolf-Brown over logo, over GERMANY.
Condition: scabbard is slightly dented and does not allow blade to fully enter
