2nd Jul, 2024 10:00
SUMMER VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION
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A 19TH CENTURY ABYSSINIAN SHOTEL SWORD
c.1860 type, 96cm curved sickle blade, brown hardwood grip, with original brass beltbuckle, contained in its rare original brown leather scabbard. Paper label attached reads ‘Sword From Palace of Haille Salasi Addis Abbaba when captured from
Italian forces WWII’, but almost certainly made c.1860.
Sold for £320
c.1860 type, 96cm curved sickle blade, brown hardwood grip, with original brass beltbuckle, contained in its rare original brown leather scabbard. Paper label attached reads ‘Sword From Palace of Haille Salasi Addis Abbaba when captured from
Italian forces WWII’, but almost certainly made c.1860.
Auction: SUMMER VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION, 2nd Jul, 2024
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