Militaria -" Edged Weapons"- The Kevin Foster Collect
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Lot 3857 Session 13 (2.30pm Thursday 26 March) Militaria -" Edged Weapons"- The Kevin Foster Collectio
Estimate $250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $260
GREAT BRITAIN, Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers officer's sword, 1873-1892, etched blade featuring British Arms on one side and a fouled anchor, foliage, wings and lightning bolts and initials R.N.A.V. on other side, lion head handle and guard that folds back on one side for comfortable wearing, blade marked, 'Meyer/&/Mortimer/Conduit St/London' and on the other side a 6-pointed star with a central brass disc marked 'Proved', no scabbard. Fine and scarce.
The RNAV was established by act of Parliament on 5 August 1873 and disbanded in 1892.
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