A Damascus steel sabre M 1867/81 for artillery officers Polished, pipe-backed blade of Damascus steel (maker's mark "Ewald Cleff, Solingen"), gilt etchings on both sides featuring the crowned Saxon coat of arms and the inscriptions "Eisenhauer" and "Damaststahl", on the back the gilt retailer's signature "Walther in Dresden". Nickel-plated iron basket hilt with chequered back piece, finger bar and (rubbed) ray skin grip with triple wire wrap. In nickel-plated sheet steel scabbard (dents, one locket screw missing), two movable suspension rings. Si, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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Keywords: 19th, artillery, century, damascus, german, germany, officers, sabre, saxonia, saxonian, saxony, steel