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Riding sword, Dragoon Officer (c. 1770)
GARNISHING: a basket with a sail, made of brass, with a good handle covered in leather and wired with five turns of double twisted thread. Faceted globular knob...
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Shell Sword I.H.S. (17th century)
GARNISH: made of iron, formed by two symmetrical shells whose solution of continuity is formed by elegant loops to the left and right of the base. It features...
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Riding Sword, Cavalry Officer (mid-18th century)
GARNISH: bronze with a high percentage of copper (more than 80%), hence its high reddish tone. Hand protection is guaranteed by the surrounding cup itself, by the ring...
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Riding Sword, Dragon Troop (18th century)
GARNISH: iron bowl of skillful design, evolved from the wallon. Two hawks that, starting from the guard, die, one on the pommel and the other, after a sinuous...
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Riding Sword, Line Cavalry Troop (18th century)
GUARNITION: very respectable and hemispherical iron bowl with ring, cockerel, continuous monterilla and prominent knob. Two hawks leave from the front of the guard, the first heading towards...
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Riding Sword, Cavalry Troop (mid-18th century)
GARNISH: made of iron, very robust, evolved from the wall. Two handguard rings start from the guard and die in the pommel. An “S” hawk joins the bowl...
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Shell Sword, Pedro de Lezama (17th century)
GARNISHING: shells and bows in perfect combination. The shells, complete and elevated, are cut through trepanations in small crosses and stars very well distributed over their entire surface...
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Shell Sword, Sebastián Hernández (17th century)
GARNISH: made of iron, formed by two large pilgrim valves whose lateral holes are joined by various bridges that will protect the hand. Handguard ring that starts from...
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Shell Sword, Sebastián Hernández in Toledo (17th century)
GARNISH: magnificent double-shell iron guard in the purest Spanish style. It has long, straight hawks with a circular section finished with a button. The handguard ring starts from...
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Flat Cup Sword, Juan Martínez (17th century)
GARNISHING: excellent and very well forged. The protective bowl, with a unique personality, is circular, slightly parabolic, openwork and flanked along the entire rim by a strong point...
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Sword, Infantry Officer II (18th century)
GARNISH: made of iron, robust appearance and very solid. It is made up of a decorated nacelle garrison, separable from the guard assembly, although attached to it by...
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Official Infantry Sword (18th century)
GARNISH: graceful and elegant iron basket, with two straight hawks ending in a button. and a small escutcheon forming the arriaz. Presence of a single pin turned towards...
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Sword of Mount, Knight's Officer II (model 1728)
GUARNICIÓN: de hierro, muy elegante, formada por una doble concha, dos gavilanes rectos, brazos de empuñadura dirigidos hacia la base del recazo donde, mediante el bigote, son sujetados...
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Riding Sword, Cavalry Officer (model 1728)
GUARNITION: made of iron, formed by a double shell, two relatively short straight hawks and another two turned towards the recazo, where they will join the mustache and...
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Riding Sword, II Cavalry Troop (model 1782)
GUARNITION: made of iron, formed by a double shell, two straight, relatively short hawks, and another two turned towards the recazo where they will join the mustache and...
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Riding Sword, Cavalry Troop (model 1728)
GARNISH: made of iron, formed by a double asymmetrical shell, two hawks turned in opposite directions and another two, towards the recazo to contact the mustache where they...
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Troop Sword of the Royal Armies (18th century)
GARNISH: iron. Tiny plate bowl, unperforated, with an almost cylindrical visible back and missing the coating. Handguard ring and two hawks turned in the opposite direction decorated with...
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Juan Martínez Shell Sword in Toledo (17th century)
GARNISH: very noticeable, both for its size and its structure. Two symmetrical shells stand out, well characterized with simple engravings, joined to the left and right, inside and...
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