Belgian Superior Officer's Smallsword : 1st General Model
Data
| Period1 | Belgium Leopold I's reign | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1836-06-18 - 1845-01-30 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | Belgium | Location(detail)1 | ex author's collection |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | -- | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | -- | ||
| Owner1 | Author | ||
| Guard type1 | 2 bars | Provenance1 | Hatley s Auctioneers |
| Quillions1 | 1 | Provenance(detail)1 | September 9 2015 |
| Hilt type1 | Shell + collapsible shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Inverted cone | Condition1 | Very Good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Double edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 0 | Information date | 2015-11-09 |
| Information source | 1 Author |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 101.5 | 39.96 | 86.0 | 33.86 | 87.8 | 34.57 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 11.10 | 4.37 | 2.19 | 0.86 | 2.95 | 1.16 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 8.60 | 3.39 | 0.86 | 0.34 | 2.23 | 0.88 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.02 | 0.40 | 1.02 | 0.40 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.35 | 0.14 | 0.34 | 0.13 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.54 | 0.61 | 1.53 | 0.60 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.55 | 0.22 | 0.53 | 0.21 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Diamond | Ellipse | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Diamond | Ellipse | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.70 | 1lb 9oz | -- | -- | 0.13 | 0lb 5oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Wood | Steel | Black leather |
| Bronze | -- | Bronze | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Lion | 5 mm ricasso | Shell |
| 6 flags | -- | Flowers | |
| Flowers | -- | Grid pattern | |
| Leaves | -- | -- | |
| Wreath | -- | -- | |
| Torsade Brass thread (2+1) | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | |||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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