Nimcha Sword With Silver Scabbard 800/1000 - Morocco, 19th Century 1st Half 20th Century

Sabre nimcha scabbard silver 800/1000 - Morocco, 19th 1st half 20th century

Silver scabbard (800/1000) of very fine workmanship (approx. 1100gr).Numerous Moroccan hallmarks (ram's head) on the scabbard.on the scabbard.

The ram's head hallmark was adopted in Morocco in 1925 and has not been used since the end of the 20th century.

The scabbard was probably made in the 1930s to replace the originalreplace the saber's original scabbard. It is indeedin the Maghreb and the Islamic world to preserve old swords and blades and reassemble them with scabbards or handles more in keeping with the fashion of the time.fashionable at the time.

The silver hilt ring and silver riveting knobalso appears to be a reworking from the same period as the scabbard.

As for the blond horn handle, the guard and the blade (imported fromEuropean, perhaps Germanic) can be dated to the 19th century.

Note oxidation on the blade and guard steels.

An early native restoration on the horn of the handle(visible on the first photo, small groove with the same type of horn used).horn used).

Overall length 100cm
Length without scabbard 93,5cm
Blade length 78,5cm
Weight 1880gr
Weight without scabbard 730gr