PODOFICERSKA SZABLA wz. 1921/22, Poland, Warsaw, Gabriel Borowski. l. 20th-30th c.

Steel, brass, nickel, wood, leather; length: 913 mm (b. scabbard); 949 mm (in scabbard); weight: 745 gr. (without scabbard); 1432 gr. (in scabbard)
Provenance: Ostoya Auction House, 43rd Auction of Paintings and Arts and Crafts, 16.04.2005
The steel head, nickel-plated, with a curve, concave ground on both lobes into a single furrow running along the back, from the socket through 2/3 of the length of the head, to a double-edged blade with a boneyard through the center and a centric hilt. On the base, on the inside of the head, a stamped, faintly legible, brand of the head: G. BORO.... / WAR.... Recipe handle according to the 1921/22 pattern, brass, nickel-plated. Bow on the front slightly dented due to impact. Wooden shaft, notched in nine notches, covered with brown leather and braided with single, braided leather. Scabbard made of sheet steel, with remnants of chrome plating, with two riffles with fixed links, in which movable support wheels were embedded. Neck with a press-fit flange, with a tin choke. Ended at the bottom with an unequal spur with a prominent heel.
Asking price 9000
Estimate 12000 - 15000 inquire about the object