$94,800
French Hanger Sword, 1780-83, touchmark "MR," brass hilt with entwined USA on guard, lg. 25 1/2 in. Literature: George C. Neumann's Battle Weapons of the American Revolution , 1998, Scarlock Publishing Inc., p. 314, 32.ss, suggests that this was the short sword obtained for the American Revolutionary Army Corp of Light Infantry by Lafayette.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20