Czechoslovakia, Republic. Two Dress Sword Portepees

Includes:

1. First portepee with a wood-frame base, the large tassel in multiple vertical rows of angled silvered rolled copper wire around the circumference, the oval head with a red felt end, the crown in six horizontal rows of angled silvered copper wire, the wire on both the tassel and crown wrapped around white embroidery, the stem bearing a webbed design in rolled silvered copper wire, the upper of the strap in fine silvered threading interlaced with white threading, with a white embroidered backer, measuring 43.5 mm in width x 62 mm in height x 30 mm in depth, the strap stitched in place to the base of the stem, the strap measuring 20 mm in width x 140 mm in length when folded up and is tied off via two off-white ribbons, exhibiting silvering loss on the tassel, crown and stem;

2. Second portepee with an aluminum-frame base, the large tassel in multiple vertical rows of angled silvered rolled copper wire around the circumference, the oval head with a bluish-green felt end, the crown in six horizontal rows of angled silvered copper wire, the wire on both the tassel and crown wrapped around white embroidery, the stem bearing the Czechoslovakia coat-of-arms illustrating a lion within a shield on both sides, the lion in silvered bullion wire in various textures, on a white embroidered base interlaced with silvered threading, the top end of the crown trimmed in two horizontal rows of angled silvered wire, the upper of the strap in fine silvered threading interlaced with white threading, with a white embroidered backer, measuring 47 mm in width x 57 mm in height x 32.5 mm in depth, the strap stitched in place to the base of the stem, the strap measuring 22 mm in width x 115 mm in length when folded up and is tied off via two steel blue ribbons, exhibiting scattered silvering wear on the tassel, fraying on the crown and the two rows of adjoining trim, along with mothing in the bluish-green felt end.

Together, near very fine.