SPONTOON German 1785/1831. Sergeant, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Leaf-shaped iron with central ridge, both sides with two decorative hooks. Etched decoration: Front side: initial 'A' with a crown on top, and palm branches on the sides. Rear side: crowned eagle, applied escutcheon, quartered, black-silver, with a palm branch on the side. Blade with ornamental nodus screwed into the socket, octagonal socket, two langets, blackened round shaft. Iron shoe. L 223 cm. Rare spontoon after a Prussian model from the reign of Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1785-1831), in good original condition. Provenance: - Auction Ineichen, Zurich, 25/26 October 1985, Lot No. 364. Collection René Dollfuss von Volkersberg. - Swiss private property.

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