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NAPOLEONIC SWORD INSCRIBED TO LIUT ADOLF VON HODENBERG IST BATT DUKE WELLINGTON

Name: NAPOLEONIC SWORD INSCRIBED TO LIUT ADOLF VON HODENBERG IST BATT DUKE WELLINGTON
Brand: Rachele Mandel Gallery
Price: 2475.0 USD
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NAPOLEONIC SWORD INSCRIBED TO LIUT ADOLF VON HODENBERG IST BATT DUKE WELLINGTON

PRESERVING HISTORY, NAPOLEONIC SWORD INSCRIBED TO LIUT ADOLF VON HODENBERG IST BATT DUKE WELLINGTON

WHEN YOU BUY THE BEST, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO MAKE EXCUSES LATER. THIS SWORD, ORIGINALLY CAME FROM RICHARD BEZDEK PRIVATE COLLECTION.

Napoleonic Wars Infantry Saber, Belonged To Ensign Adolf Von Hodenberg (1795-1813) L 36'' | Engraved on the backstrap "Adolf von Hodenberg", "+ 3 Dec. 1813 bei BÃ¼chen". A memorial tablet at St. Marien's Church, Lower Saxony, Germany, indicates Ensign Hodenberg died of wounds received during skirmishes around BÃ¼chen, 1813. Adolf von Hodenberg was one of three brothers killed during the Napoleonic Wars. Georg von Hodenberg, Lieutenant ,1st Line Battalion King's German Legion, and Lieutenant Friedrich von Hodenberg, both of which died of wounds received at the Battle of Talavera, Spain, 1809. (Wellington's Men Remembered Volume 2: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers).Sword having a copper wire wrapped leather grip with brass guard and pommel. Half blued steel curved blade with gilt etchings of crossed arms, floral arrangements and a sunburst. Included it's leather scabbard with brass tip and throat.