Dutch M 1843 Naval officers sword by F. HORSTER.(JP 82-124)

Vroege uitvoering van een Nederlands marine officierssabel M 1843 "Sabel voor alle officieren, de Adelborsten 1e klas, Adjudant-Administrateur en scheepsklerken" / Early Dutch M 1843 Naval officers sword.
Excellent bright finished straight heavy pipe back blade with no etching. Intact black leather washer.
The left ricasso shows the name mark of the German maker; F. HORSTER  (= Friedrich HÖRSTER, 1850- 1870. After 1870 the name changed to E. & .F. HÖRSTER -Solingen ) and an old style Dutch quality proof mark: EISENAUER. The blade is very faint marked on both sides with the Dutch retailers name and residence in a scroll, but it is not longer readable.   
Beautiful gilt hilt with a rich variation of ornaments. The gilt hand guard is pierced with a fouled anchor under a crown and beautiful floral motives. The non-detachable hilt has a flat the pommel. The white ribbed ivory grip is in an excellent condition. It has a complete silver wire winding.
It comes with its genuine old model M 1843 Dutch naval officers sword knot with a brownish cord.

The brass mounted black leather scabbard with tooling is in a perfect condition. Beautiful and rich screwed on fittings. Top fitting with an anchor and two flags. Chape with floral motives on both sides. All stitches on the side are intact and there are no dents to the fittings.
 
Total length 94cm. Width at the ricasso 2.9 cm

This model was introduced in 1843 and closely resembles the French M 1837 naval officers sword. It was replaced by a new model in 1882.
The absence of a blade etching on this example indicates the early production year, which is after 1843 and before 1874. After 1874 the blades were etched.

Early M 1843 Dutch Naval officers swords are pretty hard to find.