Sable for Navy Officer, Model 1857. Saber. Golden alpaca garnish, formed by full stalls with a guard and chickens ring. It has the back of the folding guard by hinge, and in the anterior an anchor under royal crown. It has a golden alpaca fist and Monterilla runs from the same metal. What forms Leon's head in the knob. Curved sheet with round loin inside, which forms central rib on the tip, and edge run abroad that is doubled in it. This saber has a wooden case, lined with leather with a silver plate that says: "The national casinos of the island of Cuba, to Don Dionisio Castilla/ in commemora
Sable for Navy Officer, Model 1857. Saber. Golden alpaca garnish, formed by full stalls with a guard and chickens ring. It has the back of the folding guard by hinge, and in the anterior an anchor under royal crown. It has a golden alpaca fist and Monterilla runs from the same metal. What forms Leon's head in the knob. Curved sheet with round loin inside, which forms central rib on the tip, and edge run abroad that is doubled in it. This saber has a wooden case, lined with leather with a silver plate that says: "The national casinos of the island of Cuba, to Don Dionisio Castilla/ in commemoration of the capture of the virginius filibuster steam." This case is in the Dep. Saber, belonged to the captain of Frigate Dionisio Castilla y Asensio who as commander of the Tornado War Vapor In favor of the Cuban insurgents that during the ten-year war (1868-1878) they fought against the Spanish domain on the island supported by the United States. After a long persecution from the coast between Santiago de Cuba and Cabo Cruz, he could Set him near Jamaica. Held a very summary trial according to Spanish legislation, the captain and 58 people were shot, which caused a threat of rupture of hostilities by the United States. Spain, immersed in those moments in the Carlist war, could not maintain its position, having to yield to the American claims to return the ship, free the survivors and indemnify the relatives of the Virginius that when later their illegitimacy was admitted having to be returned To Spain, it sank in an unclear way near Cabo Hatteras, on December 26, 1873.
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