Lion's head officer's saber Saxon artillery

Lot 9305 limit € 500

Grip with fish skin and wire wrapping, elaborately decorated brass hilt with lion's head and coat of arms of Saxony, front on the crossguard two crossed cannons in laurel, rv. free cartouche, high-quality Damascus blade, marked Eisenhauer, in the upper quarter elaborate fine blade etching with gold decoration, crowned Saxon coat of arms or crowned initials AR, on the back of the blade inscribed Otto Graf Leipzig Gohlis, blackened metal scabbard with a carrying eyelet, signs of age, rest., L overall. approx. 93 cm