Lot 495
A SLOTTED HILT MARINE SERGEANTS' HANGER.
With a broad curving 75cm fullered blade, with a slotted guard and bulbous wire wound grip and urn shaped pommel, in a leather scabbard with twin brass mounts. 92cm overall.
Swords of this type are typical of the American War of Independence and were often issued in preference to the 1796 Infantry Sergeants' spadroon.
