United Kingdom. A Unique British Indian Army Officer’s Sabre, with Belt and Afghan Embellishments, by Robert Mole Auction Archive narrow suspension (CHARLES REID

narrow suspension (CHARLES REID

Sava in green robes on the obverse and the date 1883 on the reverse

3 - An unlikely recruit for war

1908 in Austria and served as a Waffen-SS Obersturmbannführer during the Second War

United Kingdom. A Unique British Indian Army Officer’s Sabre, with Belt and Afghan Embellishments, by Robert Mole Auction Archive narrow suspension (CHARLES REIDA unique and very well preserved British Indian Army Officers sabre, measuring 91. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 75. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains a sharp tip and lower edge, and with a wide fuller running the length of each side. The spine and obverse ricasso are stamped with the broad arrow marks of the British Indian Army and India Store Department, with an additional mark of MOLE