Semi bowl hilt with slotted knuckle guard. Diced ergonomic composition grip. 32” curved blade, un-fullered. The forte with ARTILLERIA FABRICA DE TOLEDO (weak). Serial number opposite. Blade with frosty oxidation in original preservative. Iron scabbard excellent and undented. The guard and scabbard with matching smooth brown freckling only. Spain’s defeat in the Spanish-American War led to a cultural revolution and Civil unrest. As well, the Berber uprising in Morocco contributed to the instability which culminated in the Spanish Civil War. When Teddy Roosevelt went “over the hill”, this is what greeted him!
