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ALCOSO with scales and intertwined A,C and S TM. Silver-plated hilt fittings show minor surface wear with no lifting or loss of plating to the well-detailed eagle head pommel and crossguard with RAD wheat & spade motif. Off-white simulated ivory grip plates show nice age toning with no cracks, but with one tiny chip at the upper edge of the obverse plate adjacent to the eagle head backstrap. Plated blade measuring approximately 5 1/8″ in length grades excellent+ showing minor surface wear/runner marks with a few specks of gray shadowing on lower spine of blade. Deeply etched motto retains 100% of the light gray background frosting, and blade is without a blade buffer pad. Dent-free silver-plated scabbard shows light surface wear with no lifting or crazing to the plating, and excellent detail to both the scroll work and pebbled panels. Nice Alcoso example measuring 8″ overall with rare simulated ivory grip plates. EX++ (28670)