[ S319 ] British 1796 Pat lion head Cavalry sword with rare folding guard Ivory Hilt DISPLAY ONLY

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JUST A DISPLAY ITEM, THIS FORMS PART OF MY COLLECTION OF EARLY BRIT SWORDS & IS NOT FOR SALE JUST YET British 1796 Pat lion head Cavalry sword with rare folding guard Ivory Hilt, This old war horse looks like its been there done that, hilt is still in nice nick as images show, quite a bit of gold gilt to fittings as seen in pics, the blade is etched both sides, uncleaned so its a bit dark & will clean up quite a bit, however it is brighter in person than it appears in the images, i do not use special lighting etc, so a lot of the images just show as dark, it has edge dents & nicks, plus pitting ,i have done large close up images of most if not all the bad parts, the blade is rock solid & would survive battle without a problem,
The rare hilt is the real special part of this sword.
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