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1895 SPANISH CALVARY SWORD WITH SCABBARD

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1895 SPANISH CALVARY SWORD WITH SCABBARD
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SPANISH MODELO 1895 CALVARY SABER, IT IS MARKED WITH THE CARTOUCHE OF THE SPANISH SWORD ARMORY THE ARTILLERIA DE TOLEDO IN TOLEDO SPAIN. THE MODELO 1895 REPRESENTS A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD IN CAVALRY SWORD DESIGN WHERE THE CURVED SLASHING SWORDS OF THE NAPOLONIC PERIOD MOVED TOWARDS A STRAIGHT LANCE LIKE BLADE. ITS GRIP SHAPED TO THE HUMAN HAND WAS A UNIQUE INNOVATION FOR ITS TIME. IT RETAINS A SLIGHT CURVE WHILE IT HAS BEEN LENGTHENED FROM PREVIOUS MODELS. THIS SWORD HAS A LOVELY PATNA, INTACT WOODEN GRIPS, AND A BRIGHT SHEATH, THE SHEATH HAS DINGS WHICH IS NORMAL FOR THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION AND CONSISTENT WITH AGE, SWORD HAS LIGHT PITTING