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pair of two swords with gold decoration on a white background
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152 - *Heavy officer’s sword, believed to have belonged to the Con…
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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Description
*Heavy officer’s sword, believed to have belonged to the Convention Guard, the Legislative Body or the Executive Directory; the hilt is made entirely of brass, silver-plated, the plate chiselled around the edge of a band adorned with pearls, a palmette-shaped quillon, a straight cross representing a stylised quiver, a rectangular body knot, a branch imitating a bow, a pommel in the shape of a heraldic helmet chiselled with pearls on the visor, the tang forming a lictor’s fasces; a strong, straight blade, rounded back, a lateral groove running along the back, a single hollow section along its entire length, blued and gilded to one-third of its length, engraved with trophies—including one featuring a lictor’s fasces and a wreath of palm leaves—and signed on the heel: ‘Manufacture de Klingenthal’ and ‘Coulaux frères’, point in line with the spine, length 81 cm; total length 98.5 cm. (Without scabbard). Revolutionary period. Very good condition. PROVENANCE: sale at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in 1882. The only silver-hilted model known to date. Listed in Volume III: *Des épées et des sabres* by Michel Pétard, no. 305.
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About the sale Antique weapons, historical memorabilia and decorations
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 11:00 AM
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