6397 - Three Austrian M 1904 sabers for members of the cavalry

Three Austrian M 1904 sabers for members of the cavalry A beautifully preserved officer’s saber with a narrow nickel-plated back blade without a manufacturer’s mark, an openwork nickel-plated guard with a fish-scale tang, a nickel-plated iron scabbard (two dents) with a fixed carrying ring, and an attached golden-black portepee (“FJI”). Also included is a sturdier, nickel-plated example with a wide back-edged blade, stamped “Weyersberg & Co., Solingen,” fish-scale tang worn, wire wrapping incomplete, traces of rust on all iron parts, decorative fabric portepee added later. Also, a similar example of later Czech production (iron parts pitted), bearing the manufacturer’s mark “Wlaszlovits Stos” and the lion mark “I Z 29” on the broad tang blade, perforated iron basket hilt, black leather-wrapped hilt, iron scabbard repainted black (grained, dents), decorative fabric tassel added later. Partially damaged, signs of wear and age. Length 98–107 cm. Condition: II