Polish Sabre?

kronckew · 8th December 2018, 09:07 AM

Not sure how old. brass is quite patinated & dull, kind of a dark tan, looks a lot lighter in the Photos, probably from a flash accessory, left side of the blade is untarnished, the right side is quite speckled with tiny black spots. Haven't found any similar googling, even googling oir site here

could be earlier. The sparkly multi-coloured finger nail shaped area in one photo I am fairly certain came from an office lady taking the picture.

Always wanted a Polish Szabla as one of my Grandmother's came from Galetia, the eastern one, not the Iberian one nearer you (contamination of the old name for the celtic areas, as is Gaul, Gallic, Gaelic, etc.) which is now split with Poland & Ukraine, when she was there it was Austro-Hungarian. Her family moved there from Wien tho. (I do have a ww1-ish Austrian Sabre to cover that familial connection as well as a Prussian one for that part of me.)

Anyhow, This one was in my price range. Tho only because they held back to bid higher on the two officer ones that came after it did. The Officer one was stamped 1915 on the guard, here's what their eagle looked like:

Evgeny_K · 13th December 2018, 06:17 PM

looks like low quality replica

Victrix · 13th December 2018, 10:13 PM

Could it be a communist era sabre? I note that the eagle has lost its crown. Might the ”L” stand for Lietuva (Lithuania)? Just speculating...

8th December 2018, 09:07 AM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,216	Not sure how old. brass is quite patinated & dull, kind of a dark tan, looks a lot lighter in the Photos, probably from a flash accessory, left side of the blade is untarnished, the right side is quite speckled with tiny black spots. Haven't found any similar googling, even googling oir site here could be earlier. The sparkly multi-coloured finger nail shaped area in one photo I am fairly certain came from an office lady taking the picture. Always wanted a Polish Szabla as one of my Grandmother's came from Galetia, the eastern one, not the Iberian one nearer you (contamination of the old name for the celtic areas, as is Gaul, Gallic, Gaelic, etc.) which is now split with Poland & Ukraine, when she was there it was Austro-Hungarian. Her family moved there from Wien tho. (I do have a ww1-ish Austrian Sabre to cover that familial connection as well as a Prussian one for that part of me.) Anyhow, This one was in my price range. Tho only because they held back to bid higher on the two officer ones that came after it did. The Officer one was stamped 1915 on the guard, here's what their eagle looked like: Attached Images Last edited by kronckew; 8th December 2018 at 09:37 AM.

13th December 2018, 06:17 PM	#2
Evgeny_K Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 213	looks like low quality replica

13th December 2018, 10:13 PM	#3
Victrix Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Sweden Posts: 755	Could it be a communist era sabre? I note that the eagle has lost its crown. Might the ”L” stand for Lietuva (Lithuania)? Just speculating...