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ARTIFACT:
This is the companion sword bayonet to the Modelo 1891 Argentino Mauser rifle made in Germany. The sword has a straight, single-edged blade, a hooked quillion, and its serial number matches that of the scabbard (L7388). The scabbard is of darkened steel with a spherical finial. The scratched out part above the serial number would have been the Argentinian crest.
VINTAGE:
Circa 1890s.
SIZE:
Overall: approximately 20-1/2" in length and 3-3/4" in width; blade only: approximately 15-3/4" in length and 1" in width; scabbard only: 16-1/2" in length and 1-5/8" in width.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Steel, aluminum hilt; scabbard: steel.
ATTACHMENT:
Ring on guard, hook on scabbard.
MARKINGS:
WEYERSBERG KIRSCHBAUM & CO. SOLINGEN, R mark, MODELO ARGEN(ground off) L7388, P maker mark; on scabbard: D (with X inside) maker mark, L7388.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a weapons collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. SHOP VAJX11 LHEX4/12 SLEJX3/13 SEJX12/13
CONDITION:
7 (Very Fine): The blade is in very good shape; there are areas of rust to the aluminum hilt and on the guard, as well as small spots of wear and oxidation on the scabbard.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
