European Hirschfanger Sword and Custom Dagger Assortment

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European Hirschfanger Sword and Custom Dagger Assortment

(4) items including (3) hunting swords with a sword having fully sharpened single edge with sharpened tip and point on opposite side including makers mark on spine, and (2) WK&C Solingen swords, both marked on ricasso and having hoof and shell cross guards and acorn adornments in handles with a sword having a leather scabbard, all having antler handles and engravings / etchings on blades; and a fully sharpened double-edged dagger having an antler and baked amber handle; together with bowie shaped knife having sharpened single edge, a miniature cavalry saber with scabbard as well as leather frog

Provenance: The Estate of George ‘Yorgo’ Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000

Property from: a Kalamazoo, Michigan estate

Length: 29 inches, Width: 1 1/2 inches (sharpened hunting sword, tip to pommel, width at base of blade)

Condition: Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use; light to moderate oxidation to blades; guards slightly loose on swords; a WK&C sword missing an acorn adornment on handle; sheath for dagger does not appear to be original to that knife

Disclaimers: please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present

Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic

Estimated Sale Time: 3:11 pm CST

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Sales Tax: California (7.25%), Florida (6%), Georgia (8.5%), Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%)

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Last modified: June 3, 2022, 10:56 am

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