ITALIAN M1864 ARTILLERY OFFICER'S SWORD WITH TALISMANIC BLADE the sliding safety trigger guard

the sliding safety trigger guard also functions fine

Various factory inspection marks are stamped on the ricasso and the hilt

Sword measures 98 cm overall

with the provenance which merits further research

or pistolera

ITALIAN M1864 ARTILLERY OFFICER'S SWORD WITH TALISMANIC BLADE the sliding safety trigger guardThis wonderful Italian War of Independence SCIABOLA PER UFFICIALI DI ARTIGLERIA carries a massive 81. 5 cm blade, which is bi fullered at the forte, in true Italian fashion. Blade is nicely engraved with talismanic symbols, the Cross of the House of Savoy, and a motto DEU ROI ET PATRIE. Talsimanic symbols are not often seen on the post Napoleonic blades, and this is a particularly well executed example from the time of Garibaldi, and the Patriotic War