The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Italian Naval Officer's Dress Sword and Scabbard. The solid brass half basket guard has an Italian crown over a fouled anchor as a cartouche badge and a fold down clip to attach to the scabbard on the back edge. The brass backstrap pommel is a lions head and mane and the grip is white fishskin bound with brass wire. The straight blade is etched for half the length with a floral pattern incorpoating trophies of arms, the Italian eagle on the right and the Italian coat of arms on the left. The forward section on the right side of the blade is hand engraved "SAN GIORGIO" TOBRUCH JAN 1941. The black leather scabbard is mounted with an embossed brass chape, locket and centre strap hanger band. The chape has an anchor in an oval on the front.
This sword was captured at Tobruk in January 1941.
Italian Naval Officer's Dress Sword and Scabbard. The solid brass half basket guard has an Italian crown over a fouled anchor as a cartouche badge and a fold down clip to attach to the scabbard on the
Imperial German Navy Officer's sword and scabbard. The gilt brass hilt has a solid half basket guard with a crown over a fouled anchor badge on the front and a back lock clip. The backstrap and pommel
Imperial German Navy Officer's sword and scabbard. The gilt brass hilt has a small basket guard, marked GES.GESCH, with a folding front shell that has a crown over fouled anchor badge on the front and
French Naval Officer's sword and scabbard. The brass hilt has an elaborate single bar guard having a floral and rope design with a fouled anchor on the quarter basket. There is a small fixed ring atta
German Naval Officer Sword and Scabbard. The gilt/brass hilt has a guard with two folding sections. On the front section there is an Imperial German crown over a fouled anchor and the back section cli
Pattern 1891 Naval Officers Dress Sword. The hilt is a small gilt/brass solid half basket type with the crowned anchor RNR cartouche badge and the lion head backstrap pommel. The back edge of the guar
