Brunk Auctions
Live Auction

Day 3: Zelle Collection, American & European

Sat, May 14, 2016 09:00AM EDT - Sun, May 15, 2016 09:00AM EDT
Lot 553

Masonic Knights Templar Double-Edged

Estimate: $100 - $300

Bid Increments

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$100,000 $10,000
Steel Sword and Scabbard, with an Officer's Dress Saber American, late 19th century, Masonic Knights of Pythias sword with a double-edged blade, manufactured by M. C. Lilley & Co., Columbus, Ohio, etched "Roy C. Haynes", 27-3/4 in. blade, black leather and wire-wrapped handle; with an unidentified etched steel and brass military dress saber, steel blade engraved in gilt with drums, horns and stylized flowers below a device at the brass cross guard with brown leather and wire-wrapped handle, 22-1/2 in. blade, 39 in. overall, [roughness at top of scabbard]. Condition: . Provenance: From the Collection of Dr. J. C. Gilbert, Jr., Fort Lauderdale, Florida