Colonel's Sash Sword In Cuba: Historically Unique Gift

CEÑIR SWORD Gift to a Colonel in Cuba around 1875. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)

Reference	3-obse-A
Name	Ceñir Sword
Period	Circa 1875
Guard	Silver-plated brass, decorated, shields of Spain and Havana, inscription “THE OFFICERS OF BAT 1° LIGHT INFANTRY OF HAVANA TO THEIR DIGNIFIED COLONEL”.
Blade	Model of 1867, straight with false edge, rounded spines on the first third and edges with three facets.
Scabbard	Leather with silver-plated chape and tip.
Inscription	TOLEDO 1875
Description	Sword presented as a gift to a Colonel by grateful officers, in the context of the Great War (1868-1878).
Total Length	900 mm
Blade	780 mm
Width	21 mm
Collection	V.N.

Colonel’s Sash Sword in Cuba: Historically Unique Gift