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|  4th September 2008, 11:41 PM | #1 | 
| (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal 
					Posts: 9,694
				 |  Re-posting a Portuguese sabre 
			
			I have originaly intended to open a specific thread on this item but, by mistake, i have posted it in a reply to Jim's welcome to this new Forum. As i was saying there ... This is not a pretentious specimen, rather an action piece; a Portuguese infantry officer sabre, from the period of Dona Maria II, circa 1843, based on the 1822 Britsh pattern. Its robust blade is 78 cms. long, 7,5 m/m thick and 32 m/m wide at the forte. The guard is embelished with the Portuguese royal crest. This will be a deja vue for Jim, as he knows the majority of my non ethno pieces, wich eventually i showed him some time ago by direct email. I hope the other members will find some little interest, though. Fernando | 
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