Honorary of Musquetier with inscription: because of the Doggersbank Action, with scabbard, Doggerbank honorary saber given by Stadholder Prince Willem V in 1781 to officer Musquetier. This type of a more or less normalized honorary saber stands out because of the successful design of the hive basket: the contemporary hilt with screwed-on front bracket, the normally smooth head is now modeled as a lion's head and the processing of the marine symbol, the anchor, in one of the side brackets. Located in yellow copper, gilded. The handle is lined with shark skin and wrapped with copper wire. A
Honorary of Musquetier with inscription: because of the Doggersbank Action, with scabbard, Doggerbank honorary saber given by Stadholder Prince Willem V in 1781 to officer Musquetier. This type of a more or less normalized honorary saber stands out because of the successful design of the hive basket: the contemporary hilt with screwed-on front bracket, the normally smooth head is now modeled as a lion's head and the processing of the marine symbol, the anchor, in one of the side brackets. Located in yellow copper, gilded. The handle is lined with shark skin and wrapped with copper wire. A total of around 20 such honorary labels were awarded in response to the Doggersbank Promotion, Doggersbank, Abraham Musquetier, Abraham Scheurleer, The Hague, c. 1781, kling, greep, gevest, trechter, bus, schede, l cm l cm l cm l cm l cm × w cm
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