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Old 23rd October 2020, 03:22 PM   #23
fernando
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Default The "other" 1796 ...

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
... Now that you mention it, it was the heavy cavalry disc hilt that saw some Portuguese production...
Anything to do with this portrait i posted here 11 years ago, a high end version held by Emperor of Brazil Dom Pedro I, (IV of Portugal), as painted by French artist Jean-Baptiste Debret in 1816. This one i wouldn't mind to have .


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