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Lasso Sword, Juan Martínez (17th century)
GARNISH: made of fire-gilded iron, highly crafted and decorated. Ovoid knob chiseled in a spiral with a beautiful effect and with a knob. Tapered wooden handle wired with...
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Antonio Shell Sword… (17th century)
GARNISHING: shells and bow in perfect combination. The shells, complete and elevated, are openworked by concentric circles with small shells at the top and topped by a bar...
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Shell Sword, Francisco Ruiz (17th century)
GARNISH: iron, of the kind generically called “Spanish style”. Its two large scallops or shells stand out, linked by the arrangement of several bridges to the left and...
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Girding Sword, Spanish Red Cross (around 1900)
GUARNITION: mixture of various Army regulatory models at different times. It has a gilt brass guard, with a lobed knob with an organization badge and a cylindrical knob....
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Girding Sword, Spanish Red Cross (circa 1898)
GARNISH: completely silver. Double shell, on the front of which stands out, within an oval, a Red Cross under a royal crown surrounded by oak leaves. Rooster finished...
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Gird Sword, Spanish Red Cross (circa 1873)
GARNISHING: entirely made of nickel silver with two alternating shells. The front includes, in addition to a kidney profile whose outline is profusely decorated, two concentric circles that...
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Girding Sword, Commemorative of Officer Alfonsino Battles of the 3rd Carlist War (around 1875)
GARNISH: entirely made of gilded brass, with a handguard and a double shell that ends with a chiseled leaf cockerel. On the front bowl, arms of Spain under...
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Sword-Bayonet for Sapper Carbine (model 1822)
GARNISH: gold brass except for the safety ring. It is made up of a fist with a simulated mount and very tight gadroons, in the style of the...
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Commemorative Sprat of the end of the African Campaign of 1860
GARNISHING: nickel silver, with all the added characteristics of the Elizabethan sprats well known to our readers. Simple cross design of chiseled hawks, whose center highlights the figure...
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Commemorative Gird Sword of the end of the First Carlist War (around 1812)
GUARNITION: made of gilded brass in the Empire style, with a double shell, in which two warriors appear sealing a peace pact as an allegorical representation of the...
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Commemorative sword of the War of Independence of 1808 (around 1814)
GARNISH: gilded brass, Empire style, with double shell. In the center of the main one, the gunners Daoiz and Velarde appear between the shields of Spain and the...
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Gird Sword, Commemorative of the Spanish Constitution of 1812
GARNISH: made of gilded brass in the Empire style, with a double shell representing Justice in the act of displaying the Spanish Constitution of 1812 and, in passing,...
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Sword Students of the Royal College of Escorial (around 1875)
GARNISHING: made of gilded brass, chiseled spherical knob with high knob, fully wired wooden handle with beautiful-looking copper twist, ring, central escutcheon and hawk topped with a rosette....
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Lasso Sword and Shells, Francisco Ruiz in Toledo (17th century)
GARNISH: made of iron, with branches and bridges arranged symmetrically if we place the weapon in profile. Arriaz in a cross whose hawks twist in opposite directions. Simple...
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Mug Sword, Long live E.R.N.S. (17th century)
GARNISHING: cup, formed from the happy conjunction between openwork and open lobes like the petals of a flower and rings linked around the perimeter of the upper rim....
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Lasso and Shell Sword, Valencia (17th century)
GUARNITION: defined as a loop, although with a symmetrical arrangement of its bridges on the front and back. Its great wingspan and large volume give it an appearance...
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Sword for Officer of the Royal Armies III (18th century)
GARNISH: made of wrought iron, its main characteristic being the two wide kidney rings, perpendicular to the fist, in whose interior spaces they have, beautifully chiseled and fitted,...
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Sword for Officer of the Royal Armies II (18th century)
GUARNITION: entirely made of iron, the characteristic elements of the Walloon sword being the two kidney plates of perforated sheet metal, whose heart-shaped profile union forms the base...
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