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Austrian Sabre

1848

Koper Regional Museum

Koper Regional Museum
Koper, Slovenia

The sabre was donated to the museum by Guglielmo Krammer on 3rd August 1929, when the sabre was also entered in the museum's inventory book. A sabre of the Austrian army made in the revolutionary year of 1848. One side of the blade bears the inscription FÜR RECHT FREIHEIT DEM 13.14.15. MÄRZ 1848 (For the right to freedom 13th, 14th, 15th March 1848), and the other side the inscription FÜR GOTT UND VATERLAND AM 15. UND 26.ᵀᴱᴺ MAI 1848 (For God and country 15th and 26th May 1848). The length of the entire item is 99.5cm. The item was restored in 2011; when the armoury was opened, it was included in the permanent weapons exhibition, together with its corresponding sheath.

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  • Title: Austrian Sabre
  • Date Created: 1848
  • Physical Location: The permanent weapons exhibition
Koper Regional Museum

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