NAPOLEONIC SWORD INSCRIBED TO LIUT ADOLF VON HODENBERG IST BATT DUKE WELLINGTON

PRESERVING HISTORY, NAPOLEONIC SWORD INSCRIBED TO LIUT ADOLF VON HODENBERG IST BATT DUKE WELLINGTON  WHEN YOU BUY THE BEST, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO MAKE EXCUSES LATER. THIS SWORD, ORIGINALLY CAME FROM RICHARD BEZDEK PRIVATE COLLECTION. Napoleonic Wars Infantry Saber, Belonged To Ensign Adolf Von Hodenberg (1795-1813) L 36'' | Engraved on the backstrap "Adolf von Hodenberg", "+ 3 Dec. 1813 bei Büchen". A memorial tablet at St. Marien's Church, Lower Saxony, Germany, indicates Ensign Hodenberg died of wounds received during skirmishes around Büchen, 1813. Adolf von Hodenberg was one of three brothers killed during the Napoleonic Wars. Georg von Hodenberg, Lieutenant ,1st Line Battalion King's German Legion, and Lieutenant Friedrich von Hodenberg, both of which died of wounds received at the Battle of Talavera, Spain, 1809. (Wellington's Men Remembered Volume 2: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers).Sword having a copper wire wrapped leather grip with brass guard and pommel. Half