Cleaver-machete Spanish lower ranks of infantry of the sample in 1843

Blade steel, straight, single-edge, flat, no valleys, combat end doesvery. At the base of the blade caused the pressed inscription "JACOB BUNGER SO... BARMEN" — brand German manufacturer of G. the Bartender. The hilt is brass, one-piece, consists of a hilt and cross-piece. Head hilt made in the form of a lion's head, the handle with relief ornaments in the form of flakes. Cross straight, long with shaped bulges. Leather scabbard with brass device consisting of a mouth with a brace and bit with the ball. Fixed on the scabbard leather hanger. Similar slasher machete is described in the book "Espadas Y CIVILES MILITARES ESPANOLAS del siglo XVI al XX" (Vicente Toledo Momparler. 2010) page 376.