ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPANISH SWORDS
OFFICIAL SABRE OF THE ROYAL PROVINCIAL GUARDS AROUND 1820. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)
Reference | 3-xmna-F |
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Name | SABRE |
Era | circa 1820 |
Guard | made of brass, with a handguard in ring shape and three quillons in an “S” position very low |
Shell | short with oval hat and decorated profile with laurel leaves |
Hilt | made of ebony wood, very well wired with a triple row of copper wire, with the monogram “RG” under a royal crown |
Blade | with a marked arrow shape, without grooves or channels but with a fuller, round spine in the first third and edge in the rest |
Scabbard | made of leather, with three fittings of gilded brass |
Inscription | RL FAÐ TOLEDO under the throat the number 128 |
Description | Some companies of provincial militias were part of the Royal Provincial Guard in the service of King Ferdinand VII; the officer sabres have a common denominator. |
Total Length | 880 mm |
Blade | 749 mm |
Blade Width | 30 mm |
Museum Inventory | MILITARY HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF VALENCIA |