with two-stage fullered blade etched with foliage over the forte, iron hilt including a pair of arms and quillon with fluted drum-shaped mouldings at the terminals, outer ring-guard, and shaped pommel after a medallion, and wooden grip, 90.8 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent

Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.