A presentation sabre M 1803 for officers, dated 1848 Sturdy, slightly curved single-edged blade, both sides with fuller and decorative gilt etching against a blued background (rubbed). The obverse etched with crowned sovereign's cypher "GR" underneath a royal crown, beneath it the depiction of an officer and maker's signature "Woolley and Deakin", the back of the blade also with maker's signature and inscription "Improved Steel". The reverse with crowned medallion bearing the motto of the Order of the Garter, beneath it a recumbent lion and inscr, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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