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Description: | German solid half-basket hilted sword. The hilt consists of a gilt, solid half-basket guard with large hinged flap on the obverse side. There is a hinged flap on reverse with hole to engage on stud on top locket and the whole decorated in relief with a crown and foul anchor and foliage. The lion's-head pommel and back-piece has a mane running its full length. The lion has one red and one green eye on the appropriate sides. The ferrule is decorated with foliage and the quillon which ends in a knob is also decorated. The smooth ivory grip is bound with three twisted gilt wires. The silver sword knot has a red and black thread, acorn tassel. The blade has a curved pipe back, a 254mm false edge, watered and is inscribed on the back 'K.L.H.BERSER COLLANI & Co.' The scabbard is black leather tooled with longitudinal lines and has two gilt lockets (with rings) and chape, ornamented with threads and scrolls and with a honeysuckle mark on the chape. There is a very pronounced shoe.
This sword is reputed to have been taken in 1914 from a German officer who was endeavouring to return to Tsing Tao from the United States through Hong Kong.
caption: Sword
caption: hilt of sword | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | K.L.H. Berser Collani & Company swords | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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